shihchiun Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 What's the difference between the two? I keep getting confused when I try to name my [legal] ISOs. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Baby Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 from dictionary.com: disk also disc n. 1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate. 2. Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond. 3. 1. The disk used in a disc brake. 2. A disk used on a disk harrow. 4. A round, flattened, platelike structure in an animal, such as an intervertebral disk. 5. Botany. The enlarged area bearing numerous tiny flowers, as in the flower head of composite plants, such as the daisy. Also called discus. 6. Computer Science. 1. A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk. 2. The data stored on such a disk: read the disk that came with the manual. 7. An optical disk, especially a compact disk. See Usage Note at compact disk. 8. A phonograph record. 9. A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine. tr.v. disked, also disced disk?ing, disc?ing disks, discs 1. To work (soil) with a disk harrow. 2. To make (a recording) on a phonograph record. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServaCom Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted November 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 30, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. ^^ -- That's the standard I usually follow myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoeba Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 ^^ -- That's the standard I usually follow myself. I second that. At least I think that's how I'd write 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. That's how I distinguish the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I just use "disk" its not like they are not going to now what I am talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted November 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 30, 2003 That's how I distinguish the two. aye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. same here.. not really sure why but that seems to look right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. Same :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I say both, in random. I don't follow any rules. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 same for me, floppies/hdds - disk, cd's dvd's - disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 i 9th that! (yes, i counted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I think: Optical Storage (CD/DVD): Disc Magnetic Storage: Disk ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I 11th that ( I think ) Disc: CD Disk: Floppy, HDD yadda yadda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted November 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 30, 2003 motion passed...lol..(same here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted November 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 30, 2003 i always thought disk was right, but digital versatile disc doesn't look wrong... so i dunno :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Disc for Optical Media : CD, DVD, Tape Backup Disk for everything else: Floppy, Zip, Hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted December 1, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 1, 2003 hehe, i agree with you guys too. i wonder why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPMCommander Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 i really don't pay that much attention to detail... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 i really don't pay that much attention to detail... :| you should, it could mean the difference between life or death.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betelgeuse Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I personally would say/write: Floppy/Hard Disk but Compact/Digital Versatile Disc. I'm the same too. Yeah, I agree with you. But I wonder why and how the "c" changed to a "k" on Hard and Floppy Disk. Is there a special reason, I wonder that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I follow what most people follow. Easy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Well, CD was always written Compact Disc and Floppies were always Floppy Disks, as printed by their manufacturers. I think that's how the magnetic = disk and optical = disc divide came about. Plus, in that era when both CDs and floppies were popular, you needed someway to tell them apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Disk for diskettes, seeing as that is what Disk is short for. Disc for everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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