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Date:      Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:33:00 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        green@FreeBSD.org (Brian F. Feldman), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/systat vmstat.c 
Message-ID:  <199909191833.LAA25684@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Sep 1999 11:30:51 PDT." <199909191830.LAA55684@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> 

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> > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > 
> > > green       1999/09/19 11:04:55 PDT
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     usr.bin/systat       vmstat.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   "Disks" is more correct than "Disks" could be.
> > 
> > That seconds "Disks" should be "Discs" ;)
> 
> In an international world ``Discs'' is the more correct form.

Actually, a "disc" is a circular object, but a "disk" is a form of 
circular media, in much the same way that a "programme" is an order of 
events, but a "program" is a piece of computer software.

The exception to the former is, of course, the Compact Disc. 8)
-- 
\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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