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

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    65 months ago

    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.

    • @_g_be
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      25 months ago

      Where does that leave my solid state disk?

      • @RememberTheApollo_
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        25 months ago

        A carryover of terminology?

        We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        This is from Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which is a Hard Drive with a Disk. Some people think the HD stands for Hard Disk, and use it incorrectly in SSD, which has no disks.

        • @_g_be
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          25 months ago

          Oh you’re right is solid state drive not disk