What is the difference between disc and disk? I'm confused. I was told disk refers to a 'floppy disk' and disc is used in 'Compact disc' but I think it sound the same. Or am I saying them wrong?
Disc and disk
Floppy disks were developed in the United States and so take the American spelling. Compact discs were developed in Europe (the physical bit, anyway) and take the European spelling.
Strange language I know. ;)
Strange language I know. ;)
Also HDDs are discs. And most of non-computer meanings refer to "disk".
>Compact Disc were invented by the Dutch... not brits <
Where did I say Brits? I said European or are you feeling abit anti European at the moment.
PS: Don't worry I know the Olympics are on and the European Union is placed on the back burner for the time being. ;)
Go the Netherlands!
Where did I say Brits? I said European or are you feeling abit anti European at the moment.
PS: Don't worry I know the Olympics are on and the European Union is placed on the back burner for the time being. ;)
Go the Netherlands!
I spell it "floppy disc" and if you want to do the same or want to spell it "compact disc", go ahead. Though it's an interesting explanation.
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Do you also write "floppy discette", Jim? "disk" is short for "diskette", so I don't see why it would be "disc".
Do you also write "floppy discette", Jim? "disk" is short for "diskette", so I don't see why it would be "disc".
I think to most people, a disc is what you put in your D drive and a disk is what you put in your A drive.
Surely it's just different spellings for the same thing. You might write "mollusk" but "molluska" instead of "mollusca" is wrong.
<<Surely it's just different spellings for the same thing.>>
Not for me. A disc goes in the D drive and a disk goes in the A drive. According to Google results for "floppy disk" and "compact disc" versus the results for "floppy disc" and "compact disk", most people make this same spelling distinction.
Not for me. A disc goes in the D drive and a disk goes in the A drive. According to Google results for "floppy disk" and "compact disc" versus the results for "floppy disc" and "compact disk", most people make this same spelling distinction.
The US uses both disc and disk. Neither is inherently American, as far as I know.
Disk brakes on cars - front wheels.
Drum brakes on cars - back wheels.
Recent cars?
Drum brakes on cars - back wheels.
Recent cars?
Both 'disk' and 'disc' are correct spellings, which have always been used in the English language. In the 20th century, 'disk' became the more usual spelling in the US, and 'disc' became the more usual spelling in the UK.
An exception is the following:
An optical disk is usually spelt 'disc' (e.g. compact disc) and a magnetic disk is spelt 'disk' (e.g. hard disk).
An exception is the following:
An optical disk is usually spelt 'disc' (e.g. compact disc) and a magnetic disk is spelt 'disk' (e.g. hard disk).