Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?

• Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, that’s a tape. It has to be dis(c/k) shaped to be a disk.

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the tape spooled up on the reel inside a VHS looks like a thi(c/k) dis(c/k)

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    • piccolo@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Linear disk 🤓

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    • Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      thi(k/cc)

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    • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      more disk shaped than flash memory.

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