And what's herniated in my back...a disc or disk?
John Lee
At 10:18 AM 04/24/2013, Craig Lalley wrote:
>But what I really want to know is,
>
>Is it "fibre" or "fiber"? :-)
>
>-Craig
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Apr 24, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Michael Anderson
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Apple is just regurgitating what others have
> also said in the past. People just make this
> stuff up as they go. Basically, a “DISK”
> refers to magnetic storage of data, and
> “DISC” refers to optical storage of data,
> and “DISC” also refers to magnetic and
> optical data storage on a HP3000, even TAPE has
> a DISC format, like file code 2501. Maybe there
> was some British influence within the original design of the HP3000.
> >
> > Here is a snippet from yahoo answers:
> > The divergence in spelling is due in part to
> the way in which the words originated. Disk
> came into the English language in the mid-17th
> century, and was modelled on words such as
> whisk; disc arose some time later, and was
> based on the original Latin root discus. In the
> 19th century, disc became the conventional
> spelling for audio recordings made on a flat
> plate, such as the gramophone record; this
> usage gave rise to the modern term disc jockey.
> Early BBC technicians differentiated between
> disks (in-house transcription records) and
> discs (the colloquial term for commercial
> gramophone records, or what the BBC dubbed CGRs).
> > By the 20th century, the c-spelling was more
> popular in British English, while the
> k-spelling was preferred in American English.
> In the 1940s, when the American company IBM
> pioneered the first hard disk storage devices,
> the k-spelling was used. In 1979 the European
> company Philips, along with Sony, developed the
> compact disc medium; here, the c-spelling was
> chosen, possibly because of the predominating
> British spelling, or because the compact disc
> was seen as a successor to the analogue disc record.
> > Whatever their heritage, in computer jargon
> today it is common for the k-spelling to refer
> mainly to magnetic storage devices, while the
> c-spelling is customary for optical media such
> as the compact disc and similar technologies.
> Even in the computing field, however, the terms
> are used inconsistently; software documentation
> often uses the k-spelling exclusively.
> >
> > --
> > Mike.
> >
> > On 04/24/2013 09:36 AM, Mark Ranft wrote:
> >> If you really think this is a big deal we do
> have the option to rate the Apple page. It is
> currently rated 4 stars with 5254
> responses. Perhaps collectively we could lower
> the rating. I have already expressed my vote.
> >>
> >> I honestly do recall the 'disc' nomenclature
> being attributed to CD-type media. I always
> felt wrong with HP calling it DISC in the configuration.
> >>
> >> Mark Ranft
> >> Pro 3K
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nolan,Gary
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:24 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] What's the
> difference between a "disc" and a "disk?"
> >>
> >> Been involved in IT since 1976. We used the
> terms Disc and Disk interchangeably as long as
> I have been around and that’s well before
> cd's and dvd's were around. I guess Apple now makes the rules?
> >>
> >>
> >> Gary Nolan, Dipl T,BTI
> >> Faculty, School of Applied Arts and New
> Media Nova Scotia Community College, Marconi Campus PO Box 1042
> >> 1240 Grand Lake Rd.
> >> Sydney, Nova Scotia
> >> B1P 6J7
> >>
> >> tel 902.563.6231| fax 902.563.0511
> >>
> >> Please consider the environment before printing this email
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Lalley
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:56 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: [HP3000-L] What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?"
> >>
> >> Umm, I beg to differ.
> >>
> >> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2300
> >>
> >> -Craig
> >>
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