Zirus Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Which one is really meant to mean a CD or DVD? What is the difference between the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I wanted to vote disk but then I looked at a dvd :p (i just voted null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zentradi Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Both are correct. They are just variants of the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Disc for CDs and DVDs. Disk for Hard disks and floppy disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDGC Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Disc for CDs and DVDs. Disk for Hard disks and floppy disks. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted April 9, 2006 Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2006 Both are correct. They are just variants of the other. not really, Disk is an enclosed storage medium, Disc is a thin circle, like how CD's are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerm Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 i dont care what it is, i always spell it "disk", no matter which one im talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zentradi Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 disk @ Dictionary.com decide for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog666al Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Compact Disc Floppy Disk (Diskette) Hard Disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zirus Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 ok I get it now. Thanks peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Disc for CDs and DVDs. Disk for Hard disks and floppy disks. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alladaskill17 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Disk = HDD Disc = CD/DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sphinx_ Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Both are correct if you're talking about typical storage media. However, CDs & DVDs are discs. Floppies and hard drives are disks, as mentioned before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolslacker Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Disc for CDs and DVDs. Disk for Hard disks and floppy disks. absolutely right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunamonkey Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 What about mini/blu-ray/UMD do they count as enclosed just because of the plastic shell then? I never realised disc/disk were different. :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted April 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted April 13, 2006 apple seems to say "disc" for optical media and "disk" for magnetic: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302152 other people discuss the history of the word etymologically and the rise of various media (e.g., phonograph vs. computer-related equipment): http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/C0521600.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan M. Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I Like Disc (i have something against k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesardrgn Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 BobMarley is right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourjays Veteran Posted April 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted April 13, 2006 As far as I have always been concerned; - disk is short for "diskette" - floppy disk, hard disk - disc is a flat round object (like a CD is) and therefore is correctly used for Compact Disc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunamonkey Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 As far as I have always been concerned; - disk is short for "diskette" - floppy disk, hard disk - disc is a flat round object (like a CD is) and therefore is correctly used for Compact Disc, etc Then why is Mini-disc a disc? I don't see how it's different to a floppy disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I myself use Disk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDGC Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I Like Disc (i have something against k) Do you apply this methodology to all spelling? What do you think would be the result of everyone adopting this "method"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsdn Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I usually write like this: Floppy Disk Hard Disk Compact Disc Digital Versatile Disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted April 22, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 22, 2006 I use them both interchangably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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