On 6/29/2011 12:53 PM, Frank wrote:
A disk, as in a hard disk drive (HDD) or a floppy (flexible) diskette,
is magnetic.
A disc, as in a CD (Compact Disc), DVD, or BD (Blu-ray Disc), is
optical.
Why is that? And what's something round and flat that's not
a piece of computer hardware, like a phonograph record, or
something in your back that slips? And why?
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