Your preference: "disc" or "disk" ?

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Depends on what it is.
They both have meanings.

yeah...disk for hdds, 3.5" floppies
disc for dvd, cd

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead
magnetic media = disk
optical media = disc

:thumbsup:

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Chrono
yes, disc for cd's. disk for floppies and hard drives (disk)
learn

 

[bharok]

Originally posted by: WobbleWobble

Originally posted by: Scouzer
disc for CDs

disk for 3.5"

so disc almost always.

 

[xcript]

Disc for optical, disk for magnetic.

 

[aplefka]

I hate when people who consider themselves knowledgeable in the field of technology mix up the two.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead
magnetic media = disk
optical media = disc

 

[aircooled]

no preference.... just pronounce it properly

 

[Anubis]

websters says

disk also disc P Pronunciation Key (dsk)
n.
A thin, flat, circular object or plate.
Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond.
The disk used in a disc brake.
A disk used on a disk harrow.
A round, flattened, platelike structure in an animal, such as an intervertebral disk.
Botany. The enlarged area bearing numerous tiny flowers, as in the flower head of composite plants, such as the daisy. Also called discus.
Computer Science.
A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.
The data stored on such a disk: read the disk that came with the manual.
An optical disk, especially a compact disk. See Usage Note at compact disk.
A phonograph record.
A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.

disc P Pronunciation Key (dsk)
n. & v.
Variant of disk.

 

[Rhin0]

disk=3.5
disc= CD/DVD/Laser
disc=farm implement

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
and disk for things like floppies etc...used to be called diskettes?

I remember once in college I referred to a "diskette" in one of my papers and my professor had to ask me what that meant.

ZV

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I hate when people who consider themselves knowledgeable in the field of technology mix up the two.

like the OP who thinks that the 2 are interchangable...that it's a preference rather than each having their own individual meanings.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: aplefka
I hate when people who consider themselves knowledgeable in the field of technology mix up the two.

like the OP who thinks that the 2 are interchangable...that it's a preference rather than each having their own individual meanings.

To be fair, we would be using "compact disks" if some marketing guru hadn't decided that "disc" was a cooler way to spell it.

ZV

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
disc for CDs

disk for 3.5"

so disc almost always.

 

[jadinolf]

Disk

 

[HardcoreRobot]

compact disc
hard disk
floppy disck

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Rhin0
disk=3.5
disc= CD/DVD/Laser
disc=farm implement

:thumbsup:

For me, disc = round

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Disk.

 

[Wallydraigle]

disque