Write Once Read Many = worm
--Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:24 AM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: Storage formats and spelling
:
:
: I was taught the difference in spelling is supposed to
: differentiate between magnetic and optical media.
:
: Magnetic media: disk
: Optical media: disc
:
: So although a worm disc is square, it is spelled with a c. And
: who can tell me what worm stands (stood?) for?
:
: FWIW
: Jerry Johnson
:
: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/18/02 09:41PM >>>
: I was just labeling some CDs and realized something. I spell the name of
: the media differently based on its shape.
:
: Rectangular objects are disks -- floppy disks, hard disks, zip disks, jaz
: disks. Round objects are discs -- compact discs, digital video/versatile
: discs, laser discs, frisbee discs.
:
: Anyone else have this (or a similar) quirk?
:
:
: --Ben Doom
: Programmer & General Lackey
: Moonbow Software
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