disk versus disc

[Huw Davies]

On 25/07/2005, at 2:38 AM, chris wrote:
>
> Disk = short for diskette, refers to floppies, and when a hard  
> drive is
> called a "disk" is used for that as well simply because that is what
> floppies were called at the time hard drives became cheaper and more
> mainstream.

I was using disk to refer to hard drives well before floppies were  
invented. Err, what I meant to say was "My father used to ....", I  
can't possibly be that old :-)

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