top | item 46994968 (no title) dTal | 17 days ago Disc = round part visibleDisk = round part hidden or no round partHave I got it!? discuss order hn newest 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 DVDSource: 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]... load replies (2) unknown|17 days ago [deleted]
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 DVDSource: 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]... load replies (2)
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 DVDSource: the language used in MacOS Tahoe
Someone|17 days ago
All of that “in the UK”.
Looking at the store, they’re using “SSD Storage” for SSD.
Symbiote|17 days ago
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
Source: the language used in MacOS Tahoe
HPsquared|17 days ago
Bring back recursive acronyms!
Wowfunhappy|17 days ago
unknown|17 days ago
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