The disk and the disc and the dilemna

Ever wondered whether there is any difference between disc and disk. And when to use disc or disk. Here is a review of these terms and their usage.

Disk
A removable, flexible disk used for storage of electronic resources in magnetic form, read and written to by electron-magnetic impulse. Examples : Magnetic disk formats are: floppy disks and hard disks.

Optical disc
A removable, non-flexible disc, used for storage of electronic resources in optical form, read and written to by laser technology.
Examples : CD-I (Compact-Disc Interactive), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory), Photo CD (Photo Compact Disc).

And the final verdict is

• Use electronic disk for magnetically encoded electronic disks.
• Use electronic optical disc for optically encoded electronic discs.