@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-square149fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.world@renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-square@proper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•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-square@flambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-square@proper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•3 months agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-square@flambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoThere’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?
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?