Thursday, February 19, 2004, 10:54 GMT
1. disc n
a flat, thin, round object
2. disk
n variant spelling in the US and in computing contexts of disc.
(In British English, a disc is anything that's flat and round e.g. a frisbee or a saucer. A disk is a floppy disk. BUT, in A,erican English, there is no such world as "disc." They use "disk" for anything that's flat and round and also for floppy disks.
a flat, thin, round object
2. disk
n variant spelling in the US and in computing contexts of disc.
(In British English, a disc is anything that's flat and round e.g. a frisbee or a saucer. A disk is a floppy disk. BUT, in A,erican English, there is no such world as "disc." They use "disk" for anything that's flat and round and also for floppy disks.