renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1463arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYou’re conflating “disk” with “drive”. An SSD is not a disk.
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI mainly use Windows and Microsoft almost exclusively uses “disk” everywhere. I don’t think you’re wrong at all, but even after I’ve been working in tech for so long, all the terms for everything get confusing for me too. Just saying.
You’re conflating “disk” with “drive”.
An SSD is not a disk.
I mainly use Windows and Microsoft almost exclusively uses “disk” everywhere.
I don’t think you’re wrong at all, but even after I’ve been working in tech for so long, all the terms for everything get confusing for me too.
Just saying.