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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:21:37 +1030, Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> wrote:
> Further,
> 
> If we look at some acronyms associated with optical media we 
> have:
> CD -> Compact Disc
> DVD -> Digital Video Disc
> but:
> UDF -> Universal Disk Format (The file system frequently used on 
> CDs and DVDs)
> So there is no consistency here!

Again, you're correct, there seems to be some preferred, but
not generally standardized use of "disk" and "disc". Maybe
we need "fdisc" someday. :-)




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