From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 26 19:00:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA701065676 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com (mail-fx0-f210.google.com [209.85.220.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC5D8FC15 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so11612486fxm.43 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=knMKswSFgEsWatqw6V0Gy6FzJUEDov2xUBS5Vm7OUhM=; b=C6/tjoybmbd01tP4feZedDWvMpQc0z6POc/CHiLjh9nOqU67Q+7vZx7BNmGdZB4Ydg FqLueEe2BdX0OsPY91/oIJRMKq731dmqLaiZKTlMgrMpF43FXMX43zdHP3Rqv36mYU1W D1JX0b63xAnJlTiqDblsPY6MUGN58nASxQJis= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mXKhd3CalZlgrmLWyvEl0FiG1AhNhf1WgTjDqmrKVIVbkw5aIUJ0hRPeI6jhjVkqcD 2WLXqm+gwkic8Ju6mmpxO9bMvC2trcOHuPEYjDbXD6ZjoGalj7i6MafNHjOLtTFFWJH6 BcWGwYYu3LphEmJ0B7l7cnd1yU2GQMzwEcueU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.150.77 with SMTP id x13mr2602943bkv.100.1256583602165; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <54db43990910261048k8a5d644q2950d4d5e5cb3b01@mail.gmail.com> References: <54db43990910261048k8a5d644q2950d4d5e5cb3b01@mail.gmail.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:59:41 +0000 Message-ID: To: Bob Johnson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk vs Disc (was: WD External Disc Drive) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:04 -0000 2009/10/26 Bob Johnson : > On 10/26/09, Polytropon wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:07:45 +0000, Arthur Chance >> wrote: >>> The distinction you make is one >>> I've not come across before, and I've worked with computers for nearly >>> 40 years. >> > > Same here. I've always been told they were completely interchangeable. > > I do recall that when floppy drives appeared for personal computers in > the late '70s and early '80s, there was some argument about the > correct spelling. The claim was that "disc" was correct, and that some > ignorant hobbyist at a new computer company had misspelled it as > "disk" and it stuck. But IBM used the "disk" spelling long before > that, so I don't think that was really what happened. > > Looking in the OED, I find that "disk" was the original spelling, and > in the late 1800s "disc" became popular, then around 1950 "disk" > started regaining popularity, largely in the computer industry. > > > - Bob > > -- > -- Bob Johnson > =A0 fbsdlists@gmail.com I have always considered hard disk, floppy diskette, and compact disc (and digital versatile disc) to be the terminology; but then again the official British spelling is disc, whereas AFAICR the US spelling is disk. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?