On Thu, Aug 10 2000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >
> > hard disk
> > floppy disk
> > CD-ROM disc
> >
> > (Yes, I know it's perverse - CD-ROMs are actually disc-shaped though,
> > which may have some bearing on things :>)
>
> What's perverse is it should be just CD-ROM. What am I talking
> about... usually it _is_ just CD-ROM.
>
> I've never heard anyone say CD disc :-)
I think the meaning is that you use disc when referring to a CD-ROM, not
disk.
And lets please move devfs to use disk for hard- and floppy drives.
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