Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve always viewed it as the Disk contains the Disc. IOW, the floppy has the magnetic disc in it. The optical disc is the disc without the Disk.
Probably completely wrong etymologically, but semantically it’s fun.
_g_be@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Where does that leave my solid state disk?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A carryover of terminology?
We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.
TwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
This is from Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which is a Hard Drive with a Disk. Some people think the HD stands for Hard Disk, and use it incorrectly in SSD, which has no disks.
_g_be@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh you’re right is solid state drive not disk