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disk vs disc

disk

Definitions

verb

  1. draw a harrow over (land)

noun

  1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  2. a flat circular plate
  3. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  4. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Examples

The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.

Now hardware is silicon chips and software is floppy disks.

Most systems default to booting from either the floppy disk drive or the hard drive.

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disc

Definitions

noun

  1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  2. a flat circular plate
  3. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  4. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Examples

The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.

It should be a baritone scoring game and the unfortunate should be in early disceptation for a top 3 pick.

Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.

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