renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 7 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?imagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_linkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoI’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.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_linkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoA carryover of terminology? We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.
minus-squareTwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThis 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.
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.
Where does that leave my solid state disk?
A carryover of terminology?
We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.
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.
Oh you’re right is solid state drive not disk