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disc [n]
 
1)sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
    Synonyms :disk phonograph_record phonograph_recording platter record 
    See Also: audio_recording  record  acetate_disk  l-p 
 
2)something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
    Synonyms :disk saucer 
    See Also: round_shape  intervertebral_disc  dot 
 
3)(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
    Synonyms :disk magnetic_disc magnetic_disk 
    See Also: memory_device  computer_science  diskette  fixed_disk 
 
4)a flat circular plate
    Synonyms :disk 
    See Also: plate  circle  acetate_disk  brake_disk  deadeye  diaphragm  discus  frisbee  coin_blank  hockey_puck  token 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".

(1995-07-30)



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