> From: las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:39:48 -0400
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> Subject: MD: Disc vs Disk
>
>
> Please don't answer my question by saying, "so you can tell the
> difference".
>
> Why are computer floppy disks spelled disk?? Yet CDs, CD ROMs, and Mini
> Discs spelled DISC??
As far as computer disks are concerned "DISK" is an abbreviation of
"DISKETTE".
Where as MD and CD refer to DISC as a flat circular object.
Beyond that *shrug* who knows?
Possibly the thickness of the disc?
Like cigar -> cigarette?
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