renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1467file-text
arrow-up1467imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI think they got that from Wikipedia Jerboa won’t let me post a screenshot right now but here’s a link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc#:~:text=Disc and disk are both,more popular in British English.
minus-squaremonogram@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe fact that there’s even a document on Apple.com is mind blowing http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2300
minus-squareKingJalopy @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s crazy. I like their interpretation though. A disc is ejectable but a disk isn’t.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoi assure you that floppy disks are ejectable.
I think they got that from Wikipedia
Jerboa won’t let me post a screenshot right now but here’s a link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc#:~:text=Disc and disk are both,more popular in British English.
The fact that there’s even a document on Apple.com is mind blowing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2300
That’s crazy. I like their interpretation though. A disc is ejectable but a disk isn’t.
i assure you that floppy disks are ejectable.