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What is the tag "external" used for and what is "external-drive" used for?

As stated by fixer external is a meta tag, meaning that it does nothing to clarify the problem except when used as a modifier for other tags. Tags should be clear, well defined and accurate rather tha …
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What is the tag “optical” used for and what is “optical-drive” used for?

As optical was only used on 9 questions I have gone ahead and removed it. It was abused to be a modifier for several different things optical mice optical drives optical audio optical lenses in 3D …
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