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disc vs diskette

diskette vs disc

disc and diskette both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disc Yes No No No
diskette Yes No No No
As nouns, diskette is a hyponym of disc; that is, diskette is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disc:
  • disc: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • diskette: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Other hyponyms of disc include floppy, floppy disk, fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk.
disc (noun) diskette (noun)
a flat circular plate a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Difference between disc and diskette

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