Posted by IndySun 4 hours ago
[Edit. Sorry, misread your comment as saying "entomology."]
Edit: oh right, you're talking about the different spellings. Those were entirely arbitrary. We mixed between the two.
Disk = round part hidden or no round part
Have I got it!?
All of that “in the UK”.
Looking at the store, they’re using “SSD Storage” for SSD.
Disk was used by American companies inventing hard disks, floppy disks etc.
British software often used "disc" for both, e.g. RISC OS on Acorn/ARM/Raspberry Pi [1].
[1] https://arcwiki.org.uk/index.php/RISC_OS_3 (see screenshot)
Source: the language used in MacOS Tahoe
Bring back recursive acronyms!
A disc is a disk-shaped object, such as in the form of a plastic dingus: Frisbee flying disc.
"Disc" is the correct spelling of the flat circular thing.
"Disk" was invented by someone in the 1980s either as an attempt at a trade name, or because they couldn't spell.
Then other people continued the mis spelling.
Nobody told me anything so I guessed it was good grammar and such.
But then noticed everyone calls them "disc brakes"