But what I really want to know is,
Is it "fibre" or "fiber"? :-)
-Craig
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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.
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> 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.
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> --
> Mike.
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Mark Ranft
>> Pro 3K
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nolan,Gary
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>> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?"
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>> 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?
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>> Gary Nolan, Dipl T,BTI
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>> -----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
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>> Subject: [HP3000-L] What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?"
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>> Umm, I beg to differ.
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>> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2300
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>> -Craig
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