Words / A2

DISK/dɪsk/

A disk is a flat round object, especially computer storage: a hard disk, save it to disk, a disk drive. Disc (c) is the usual British spelling for CDs and DVDs. Desk is furniture. Do not write disk when you mean desk, or disc if you mean a music CD in British English.

Meaning

A flat round object, especially for storing computer data.

Examples

• “Save the photos on a disk before you leave the internet café.”
• “The internet café charged extra to copy files to a disk.”
• “Back up the ticket PDF onto a disk before you travel.”

Good to know

a hard disk / save to disk (computers). British CDs: disc. Mix-up: desk.

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