Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:07:45 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive Message-ID: <4AE59111.5060403@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <aab0909a0910251718q4dc26baeu7c0a452add98d783@mail.gmail.com> <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > Hi Rob, > > just a little terminology note (from me, Mister Use-the-correct-words): > If you are refering to a kind of hard disk, use "disk" with k. > Think like "diskette". If you are refering to optical media, > use "disc" with c. Think like "CD = compact disc". > > Disk: disk pack, hard disk, disk drive > Disc: optical disc, magneto-optical disc, disc drive Um, I don't want to get into spelling flames but from where I'm sitting (the UK) "disk" is the American English spelling and "disc" is the British English spelling of the same word which means in general a flat thin round thing and in computing a (usually) spinning flat thin round thing used for non-volatile storage. The distinction you make is one I've not come across before, and I've worked with computers for nearly 40 years. I think it's better to simply qualify dis[ck] with an adjective to disambiguate as necessary and accept that the US had a spelling reform that the UK didn't so both forms are valid and interchangeable. See also: program v. programme, colour v. color, etc. :-)
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