Scarecrow Man Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I read somewhere that the disk spelling is used because a floppy disk was invented in America, thus the American spelling. But a Compact Disc was invented in Europe, thus the European spelling.http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/compsci708s1c...c_versus_k.htmlHas anyone heard otherwise, or know why the difference in spelling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Weird - I had always believed that both floppy and CD were invented in Japan...Alas, not 100% true...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_diskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks :)That's cleared that up then. Music discs are c - such as CDs and minidiscs. Whereas komputer disks are k. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Weird - I had always believed that both floppy and CD were invented in Japan...Alas, not 100% true...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_diskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_discThat is a great explanation of the minefield, to me that is, of the CD / DVD variations. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Don't think I'll loose any sleep either way. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Weird - I had always believed that both floppy and CD were invented in Japan...Alas, not 100% true...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_diskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_discI thought there was a competition between Philips and Sony to develop the first Compact Disc, but Philips ended up doing it first. I knew it was invented in europe, but never knew about the floppy disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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