disc vs disk :

disc or disk

“Compact disc” is spelled with a “C” because that’s how its inventorsdecided it should be rendered; but a computer hard disk is spelled witha “K” In modern technologicalcontexts, “disks” usually reproduce data magnetically, while “discs” (CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc.) reproduce it “optically,” with lasers.

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Definitions
  disc
  • n  sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
  • n  something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  • n  (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • n  a flat circular plate
  disk
  • n  something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
    the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
  • n  a flat circular plate
  • n  sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
  • n  (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • v  draw a harrow over (land)
News & Articles
  disc
  • DISCcert to Unveil New DISC Training Tools at July Certification
    DISCcert, a leader in DISC certification, will introduce new training scripts and worksheets at its two-day DISC Certification program scheduled for July 25 and 26 in San Diego, CA. In-house trainers can join the classroom program, attend an in-house workshop or participate in a personalized webinar series. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/disc ...
    June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
  • Bleszinski says disc-based market 'crumbling'
    Former Epic Games director Cliff Bleszinski says "the disc-based day-one $60 model" is on the way out; believes AAA games and secondhand market cannot coexist.
    June 13, 2013 - GameSpot
  • Austine hosts first deaf disc golf championship
    BRATTLEBORO -- The first New England Deaf Disc Golf Junior Championship was held at Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.’s own 9-hole course on a beautiful May 31 day.
    June 13, 2013 - Brattleboro Reformer
  disk
  • Quantum Grows Lattus Object Storage Disk Archive Line
    When Quantum unveiled Lattus , the company's line of disk-based Big Data archiving systems, in November, it carried a big business price tag. The company announced on Nov. 13 that when its 500 TB Lattus-X storage system went on the following month, it would cost $675,000.
    June 22, 2013 - Enterprise Storage Forum
  • Youkilis to miss 10-12 weeks with herniated disk
    Third baseman Kevin Youkilis will be out 10-12 weeks after surgery for a herniated disk, the Yankees announced Tuesday. Youkilis could finish the season — and his one-year, $12 million contract — on the disabled list.
    June 18, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
  • Yankees’ Kevin Youkilis out 10-12 weeks with herniated disk
    Third baseman Kevin Youkilis will be out 10-12 weeks after surgery for a herniated disk, the Yankees announced Tuesday. Youkilis could finish the season — and his one-year, $12 million contract — on the disabled list.
    June 18, 2013 - Sports Illustrated