renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareMewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoAs others have said and how I always see it: Discs are small, circular, flat objects, e.g. the discus; Disks are discs used for computer stuff, e.g. floppy disk(ettes), CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, hard disks, and so forth… In other words, all disks are discs, but not all discs are disks. Here’s a shitty drawing I made to illustrate:
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoYou have to put a segment of “disk” outside of the “disc” set on that Venn diagram. You are forgetting about solid state disks.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoupvoted for your spiffy drawing, although i don’t agree with it
minus-squareMewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoLol, thanks. What about my distinction do you disagree with, though?
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoI don’t think the differentiation makes any sense at all.
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agomy attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
minus-squareOaksey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoI was wondering how CD-RW works, if anyone else wants to know: https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question655.htm They have a layer that can change between clear and opaque that is changed by having different temperatures applied to it.
As others have said and how I always see it:
In other words, all disks are discs, but not all discs are disks.
Here’s a shitty drawing I made to illustrate:
You have to put a segment of “disk” outside of the “disc” set on that Venn diagram. You are forgetting about solid state disks.
upvoted for your spiffy drawing, although i don’t agree with it
Lol, thanks.
What about my distinction do you disagree with, though?
I don’t think the differentiation makes any sense at all.
my attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage
Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
But…
I was wondering how CD-RW works, if anyone else wants to know:
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question655.htm
They have a layer that can change between clear and opaque that is changed by having different temperatures applied to it.