renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square148fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agothe tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agomore disk shaped than flash memory.
the tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)
Linear disk 🤓
thic(k/c)
more disk shaped than flash memory.