Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:57:08 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, rob1940@gmail.com Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive Message-ID: <20091027145708.f2a09a86.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <200910271621.37761.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <aab0909a0910251718q4dc26baeu7c0a452add98d783@mail.gmail.com> <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> <200910271527.23227.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200910271621.37761.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:21:37 +1030, Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> wrote: > Further, > > If we look at some acronyms associated with optical media we > have: > CD -> Compact Disc > DVD -> Digital Video Disc > but: > UDF -> Universal Disk Format (The file system frequently used on > CDs and DVDs) > So there is no consistency here! Again, you're correct, there seems to be some preferred, but not generally standardized use of "disk" and "disc". Maybe we need "fdisc" someday. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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