>In the professional computer technical fields, most terms are >established as a technology is introduced. The tech communities >generally agree formal terminology definitions early to make new >technologies distinct and to minimize confusion.
That is exactly right and why the following is exactly wrong... >I believe the authoritative text on the English language is still the >O.E.D.(The Oxford English Dictionary.)... The OED is not the authority, *we* are the authority and the OED is the reporter of what we do. If we were to inform the OED that they are wrong they probably would check their facts and correct their error. But one never knows what an English major will do in the face of technology. In this field the Wikipedia is probably a better source... >Aluminum disc, a magnetic recording disc used mainly for early radio recordings >Blu-ray Disc, a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage >Compact Disc, a form of optical disc used mainly for audio data >Disc film, a still-photography film format >Disk storage, a general category of data storage mechanisms >DVD, a form of optical disc used mainly for video and other data >Enhanced Versatile Disc, an optical medium-based digital audio/video format >Floppy disk, a magnetic data storage device using a flexible disc >Hard disk drive, a non-volatile magnetic data storage device >HD DVD, a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage >Laserdisc, the first commercial optical disc storage medium >MiniDisc, a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device >Optical disc, a polycarbonate disc >RAM disk, a volatile solid state drive >Transcription disc, a gramophone record ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
