Living here in the UK, I had always assumed that 'disk' was a US spelling of 'disc' UK spelling.
On Apr 19, 12:13 am, Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 17, 2:42 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Also note: removable media such as floppies, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, are > > called discs with a "c", disk with a "k" is for fixed media such as HDs. > > "Disc" and "disk" are interchangeable terms, unless you are talking > about vertebra; in which case "disc" is the correct term. Otherwise, > they are nominally equally applicable. However, I believe most would > use the more correct word, "disk", in almost every instance, your > preference for distinguishing media from hardware assemblies > notwithstanding. > > <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disc> > > <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disk> > > <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=1&q=disc> > > <http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=disk&search=search> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
