@renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 3 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?imagemessage-square149arrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?@renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square149file-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareHildegardelink22•3 months agoIts a disk when its magnetic, disc when optical. The way to remember it is that its disk because its magnetik.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink30•3 months agoI cannot stress enough how efficiently you ruined my ability to use the memory trick.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•3 months agoJust remember the c in disc is shaped like a magnet.
minus-squareHildegardelink5•3 months agoNo, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish8•3 months agothe tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
minus-squareHildegardelink2•3 months agoDepends on how you store data on it. If you write with a pen its optical.
Its a disk when its magnetic, disc when optical.
The way to remember it is that its disk because its magnetik.
What if it’s optikal?
I cannot stress enough how efficiently you ruined my ability to use the memory trick.
Just remember the c in disc is shaped like a magnet.
Now you’ve gone and made things worse.
Is a VHS tape a disk then?
No, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
the tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
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thic(k/c)
more disk shaped than flash memory.
Including fridge magnets?
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disck
Disque
Disquette
My god I have not laughed that hard in a long time
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No a disc is round
ur a disc
But what if it’s magnetic?
Is a plate optical or magnetic?
Depends on how you store data on it. If you write with a pen its optical.
I usually store food on them
So… neither?