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It's American English / British English isn't it?
by chrisseaton 5y ago
It's American English / British English isn't it?
- rascul 5y agoLaser disc, compact disc, digital video disc, and blu-ray disc are (from what I understand) officially spelled with the c. I'm in the US and that is the typical way to spell it that I see, but I also see the k is generally used for hard disk and floppy disk. That said, there are a lot more instances of "disk" than "disc" used in the comments here so far.
- theandrewbailey 5y agoThe reasoning I've seen, is that disc is the recording media itself, whereas disk includes things like a sleeve, case, and/or IO heads.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoNope! Apple—of all companies—has a support article on this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201697 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201697
- chrisseaton 5y ago> Nope! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc > the spelling disk is more popular in American English, while the spelling disc is more popular in British English
- rascul 5y ago> In 1979, the Dutch company Philips, along with Sony, developed and trademarked the compact disc using the "c" spelling. The "c" spelling is now used consistently for optical media such as the compact disc and similar technologies.