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dTal | 17 days ago

Disc = round part visible

Disk = round part hidden or no round part

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Someone|17 days ago

I think their primary difference is disc = optical, disk = magnetic. That’s what they mention first.

All of that “in the UK”.

Looking at the store, they’re using “SSD Storage” for SSD.

Symbiote|17 days ago

The British spelling was used by Philips when they launched the Compact Disc with Sony.

Disk was used by American companies inventing hard disks, floppy disks etc.

British software often used "disc" for both, e.g. RISC OS on Acorn/ARM/Raspberry Pi [1].

[1] https://arcwiki.org.uk/index.php/RISC_OS_3 (see screenshot)

kube-system|17 days ago

Apple uses “disk” when referring to SSD storage. They still use disc when referring to a CD or DVD

Source: the language used in MacOS Tahoe

HPsquared|17 days ago

SSD could stand for "SSD Storage Device".

Bring back recursive acronyms!

Wowfunhappy|17 days ago

SSD, of course, stands for Solid State Dis[c,k]...