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But a Mini Disc is Magneto Optical?  Maybe it should be Disck.

"Shawn R. Lin" wrote:

> las wrote:
> >
> > 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??
>
> Disk = magnetic
> Disc = optical
>
> Floppy Disk, Zip Disk, Hard Disk Drive, etc.
> MiniDisc, Compact Disc, Digital Video Disc, LaserDisc, etc.
>
> Shawn
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