disk

n 1: something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

[syn: {disc}, {saucer}]

2: a thin flat circular plate [syn: {disc}]

3: a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce

music by rotating as a phonograph needle tracked in the

grooves [syn: {phonograph record}, {phonograph recording},

{record}, {disc}, {platter}]

4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk

covered with a magnetic coating on which information is

stored [syn: {magnetic disk}, {magnetic disc}, {disc}]

v : draw a harrow over (land) [syn: {harrow}]

disk

1. {magnetic disk}.

2. {compact disc}.

3. {optical disk}.

Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most

computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to

computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a

"c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard.

(1995-07-30)