renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoNo, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agothe tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agomore disk shaped than flash memory.
Is a VHS tape a disk then?
No, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.
the tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
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thic(k/c)
more disk shaped than flash memory.