25 Jan
2013
25 Jan
'13
4:57 p.m.
> Why is a floppy "disk", but a CD-ROM
"disc"?
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013, geneb wrote:
Well don't hold out! Tell us! :)
I agree completely with Liam.
Shugart and IBM were American companies who developed floppy "disk"s
But, CD-ROM "disc" came from audio Compact Disc, which was a European
development. (Dutch, not German)
I've had cars with DISC brakes, and cars with DISK brakes. (and yes,
plenty with DRUMs, which don't work anywhere near as well. Stopping my
Jeep FC170 with a full load required some planning. When I wrote the
Honda book, I had some minor battles with my publisher when I spelled
"DISK".
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