renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1328arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·3 months agoIts a disk when its magnetic, disc when optical. The way to remember it is that its disk because its magnetik.
minus-squareLeg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 months agoI cannot stress enough how efficiently you ruined my ability to use the memory trick.
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoNo, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agothe tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agomore disk shaped than flash memory.
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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.
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)
thic(k/c)
more disk shaped than flash memory.
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?
But what if it’s magnetic?
No a disc is round
ur a disc