different between cartridge vs disk

English

Etymology

Corruption of French cartouche. Doublet of cartouche.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??t??d?/
• (US) enPR: kär?tr?j, IPA^(key): /?k??t??d?/

Noun

cartridge (plural cartridges)

1. (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
2. (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
3. (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
4. (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
   • 1983, Helpline (in Sinclair User issue 21)

     The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.

5. (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
   • 1981, Communication Outlook (volume 3)

     We would like to see someone market a low-power, text-to-speech cartridge that would mate with the Epson and use its internal battery pack.

   • 2002, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002 (page 180)

     Nintendo made sure to loudly trumpet all of the advantages of the cartridge format, particularly the greatly reduced loading times and the sturdiness of the cartridges […]
6. (obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from ????? (diké?, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, and dish.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?sk, IPA^(key): /d?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

disk (plural disks)

1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

2. (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.

3. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
4. (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

5. (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

6. (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

7. (agriculture) A type of harrow.
8. (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (disuku)
• ? Korean: ??? (diseukeu)
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: disk
• ? Thai: ????? (dìt)
• ? Turkish: disk

Usage notes

In most varieties of English, disk is the correct spelling for magnetic media (hence hard disk or disk drive), whereas the variant disc is usually preferred with optical media (hence compact disc or disc film). Thus, if referring to a physical drive or older media (3" or 5.25" diskettes) the k is used, but c is used for newer (optical based) media. For all other uses, disc is standard in Commonwealth English and disk in American English.

Less commonly, in British English, disc has been used for magnetic disks, as in floppy disc and discette. Such usage may be considered nonstandard.

Translations

Further reading

• disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

disk (third-person singular simple present disks, present participle disking, simple past and past participle disked)

1. (agriculture) To harrow.
2. (aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.

Anagrams

• kids, ski'd, skid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?sk]

Noun

disk m

1. disc, disk (thin, flat, circular plate or similar object)

   hod diskem

Declension

Derived terms

• diskový

Related terms

• disketa
• diskotéka

Further reading

• disk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• disk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Noun

disk

1. indefinite accusative singular of diskur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).

Noun

disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural disker, definite plural diskene)

1. (in a shop etc.) a counter
2. (computing) a disc or disk

Derived terms

• harddisk

References

• “disk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).

Noun

disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural diskar, definite plural diskane)

1. (in a shop etc.) a counter
2. (computing) a disc or disk

Derived terms

• harddisk

References

• “disk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *disk.

Noun

disk m

1. plate

Descendants

• Middle Low German:
  • German Low German: Disk, Disch

    Plautdietsch: Desch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr.

Noun

disk c

1. counter; table on which business is transacted
2. washing-up
3. dirty dishes
4. (anatomy) disc
5. disk drive

Declension

Synonyms

• (disk drive): hårddisk

Derived terms

• (counter): bardisk
• (washing-up): handdisk
• (dirty dishes): diskare, diskbalja, diskborste, diskho, diskmaskin, diskmedel, diskställ, frukostdisk
• (disc (anatomy)): diskbråck