disc and disk

Disc and disk are homophones.

These two words disc and disk are hard to get right when writing about CDs, CD-ROMs, floppy and/or hard drives. Seems as if all would be the same but they aren't, so be careful when writing about them.

disc: Noun; 1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves. Compact Disc

2. something with a round shape like a flat circular plate.

3. Cushions of the spine.

When writing about CDs, CD-ROMs and the spine the preferred spelling is disc.

When writing about floppy and/or the hard drive the preferred spelling is disk.

Disk: noun;

1.(Computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored. Floppy Disk

2.a flat circular plate.

By : tatank,