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Disc = round part visible Disk = round part hidden or no round part Have I got it!?

• deleted 8mo ago
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• Someone 8mo ago
  I think their primary difference is disc = optical, disk = magnetic. That’s what they mention first. All of that “in the UK”. Looking at the store, they’re using “SSD Storage” for SSD.
  • Symbiote 8mo ago
    The British spelling was used by Philips when they launched the Compact Disc with Sony. Disk was used by American companies inventing hard disks, floppy disks etc. British software often used "disc" for both, e.g. RISC OS on Acorn/ARM/Raspberry Pi [1]. [1] https://arcwiki.org.uk/index.php/RISC_OS_3 https://arcwiki.org.uk/index.php/RISC_OS_3 (see screenshot)
  • Wowfunhappy 8mo ago
    SSD, of course, stands for Solid State Dis[c,k]...
    • 9rx 8mo ago
      Solid State Drive, usually, but when it comes to language anything goes.
      • Symbiote 8mo ago
        A drive is a motor or other similar device, one that is driven or worked. But there are no moving parts in an SSD.
        • 9rx 8mo ago
          Hence solid state.
    • andrewshadura 8mo ago
      Disck.
  • HPsquared 8mo ago
    SSD could stand for "SSD Storage Device". Bring back recursive acronyms!
  • kube-system 8mo ago
    Apple uses “disk” when referring to SSD storage. They still use disc when referring to a CD or DVD Source: the language used in MacOS Tahoe