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-square137fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1460arrow-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-square137fedilinkfile-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-up24arrow-down6·3 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-up5arrow-down2·3 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-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoBut SSD is solid state drive, not solid state disc/disk
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 months agoupvoted for your spiffy drawing, although i don’t agree with it
minus-squareMewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoLol, thanks. What about my distinction do you disagree with, though?
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t think the differentiation makes any sense at all.
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agomy attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThere’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?
minus-squareOaksey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 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.
But SSD is solid state drive, not solid state disc/disk
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 that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
I mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?
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.