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I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I’ve always viewed it as the Disk contains the Disc. IOW, the floppy has the magnetic disc in it. The optical disc is the disc without the Disk.

Probably completely wrong etymologically, but semantically it’s fun.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Perhaps it's just a leftover marketing motif?

"The spelling disk and disc are used interchangeably except where trademarks preclude one usage, e.g., the Compact Disc logo. The choice of a particular form is frequently historical, as in IBM's usage of the disk form beginning in 1956 with the "IBM 350 disk storage unit". "

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_storage

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Disk but with a soft k, like in kif

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A disk is something that contains information. It stands for Dense Inside Stored Knowledge

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I've been known to use them interchangeably.

It's British English (disc) vs American English (disk).

Edit: I present the Sony Portable Hard Disc Drive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's from diskette. Not about what country the spelling is from.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Prepare to have your mind blown.

Portable Hard Disc Drive https://pro.sony/en_GB/products/portable-storage/psz-hb-b-series

I don't doubt the diskette comment since it's an American invention. But sometimes this nuance shows up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Has nothing to do with country. Discs are round objects. In the computing sense that's cds, dvds, etc.

Disks are floppy disks(diskette, "discette" never existed as a word) , hard drive disks.... etc. There is a difference and it has nothing to do with what land you're in. Disk in usa never meant a circular object like a Frisbee (discus for example)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's the same thing. The difference is origin. Disk is American. Disc is British. Usually the only time "disc" is used in the US, is to refer to something round. A CD could go either way, depending on the writer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Everything on the left is a drive, but only half of them are disks:

Hard Disk Drive

USB pen drive

Floppy Disk Drive

Solid State Drive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You know "disc" is actually a weird word.

Like say it a few times out loud

D I S C

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