Modyrts Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 What‘s the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?" They're pronounced the same, but, technically speaking, there is a distinct difference between a disc and a disk. Discs A disc refers to optical media, such as an audio CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, or DVD-Video disc. Some discs are read-only (ROM), others allow you to burn content (write files) to the disc once (such as a CD-R or DVD-R, unless you do a multisession burn), and some can be erased and rewritten over many times (such as CD-RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM discs). All discs are removable, meaning when you unmount or eject the disc from your desktop or Finder, it physically comes out of your computer. Disks A disk refers to magnetic media, such as a floppy disk, the disk in your computer's hard drive, an external hard drive. Disks are always rewritable unless intentionally locked or write-protected. You can easilypartition a disk into several smaller volumes, too. Disks are usually sealed inside a metal or plastic casing (often, a disk and its enclosing mechanism are collectively known as a "hard drive"). https://support.apple.com/en-za/HT201697 I found this rather interesting and thought i would share it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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