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What is the difference between CD-RW and CD+ RW.in rewritable disks .



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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:53:17 -0500, "Andy Petro"
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>What is the difference between CD-RW and CD+ RW.in rewritable disks .

Same as the hundred other times this has been asked. You can even ask
google.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
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"Andy Petro" <> wrote in
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> What is the difference between CD-RW and CD+ RW.in rewritable disks .
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Never heard of CD+RW. It think you mean DVD+RW.

"Andy Petro" <> wrote in
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> What is the difference between CD-RW and CD+ RW.in
> rewritable disks .

There are NO CD+RW discs. (BTW, floppy and hard disKs, compact
etc disCs.)

The dash was used as in "normal" English, but when DVD-R's and
DVD-RW's came out with their 5 (or more) +/- and data formats,
people started getting confused.

There are only CD-R's and CD-RW's, and the second one is
rewriteable between 50-200 (my experience, quality brands) and
1000 times (manufacturers' claims) and costs a few dollars,
while the first costs less than a quarter and is "use once"
only.

For a variety of reasons, rewriteable DVD's are largely
replacing CD-RW's for most consumers. CD-R's are still the best
for permanent backup/storage of 600-700MB of data per disc.

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:10:35 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

> There are NO CD+RW discs. (BTW, floppy and hard disKs, compact etc
> disCs.)

I know you're pretty good with grammar, syntax, spelling and all the
rest, mate, but in ENGLISH English disk (disc) is correctly spelt D-I-S-C.

I would assume that any product of this sort spelt with a 'K' would be US
(or US influenced) manufactured whereas those spelt with a 'C' are more
likely to have been manufactured in some country which had an historical
British influence.

I doubt that the spelling of whichever commodity is in question makes any
difference to its' purpose or use.

"Aardvark" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:10:35 +0000, thanatoid wrote:
>
>> There are NO CD+RW discs. (BTW, floppy and hard disKs, compact etc
>> disCs.)
>
> I know you're pretty good with grammar, syntax, spelling and all the
> rest, mate, but in ENGLISH English disk (disc) is correctly spelt D-I-S-C.
>
> I would assume that any product of this sort spelt with a 'K' would be US
> (or US influenced) manufactured whereas those spelt with a 'C' are more
> likely to have been manufactured in some country which had an historical
> British influence.
>
> I doubt that the spelling of whichever commodity is in question makes any
> difference to its' purpose or use.


Actually, you are both correct, to a point. In general terms the spelling
disc/disk is a regional thing, but not when referring to computer storage.

The correct spelling when referring to non-optical storage is DISK (think
DISKette), and with optical is DISC.

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Aardvark <> wrote in
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> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:10:35 +0000, thanatoid wrote:
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>> There are NO CD+RW discs. (BTW, floppy and hard disKs,
>> compact etc disCs.)
>
> I know you're pretty good with grammar, syntax, spelling
> and all the rest, mate, but in ENGLISH English disk (disc)
> is correctly spelt D-I-S-C.
>
> I would assume that any product of this sort spelt with a
> 'K' would be US (or US influenced) manufactured whereas
> those spelt with a 'C' are more likely to have been
> manufactured in some country which had an historical
> British influence.
>
> I doubt that the spelling of whichever commodity is in
> question makes any difference to its' purpose or use.
>

I know what you are saying, but this is a special case, as are
many things to do with computers.

Google, maybe Wiki, and you will find out. It's a convention
agreed upon to prevent confusion.

As to whether spelling *matters*, and if so, under what
circumcisions, well, that's something we don't REALLY want to
get into, do we now...?

P.S.
"Spelt" ! Nice touch!

P.P.S.
C. and C. That was intentional. Joke! Haaar!

"Oldus Fartus" <> wrote in message
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> "Aardvark" <> wrote in message
> news:h6J3j.45617$...
>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:10:35 +0000, thanatoid wrote:
>>
>>> There are NO CD+RW discs. (BTW, floppy and hard disKs, compact etc
>>> disCs.)
>>
>> I know you're pretty good with grammar, syntax, spelling and all the
>> rest, mate, but in ENGLISH English disk (disc) is correctly spelt
>> D-I-S-C.
>>
>> I would assume that any product of this sort spelt with a 'K' would be US
>> (or US influenced) manufactured whereas those spelt with a 'C' are more
>> likely to have been manufactured in some country which had an historical
>> British influence.
>>
>> I doubt that the spelling of whichever commodity is in question makes any
>> difference to its' purpose or use.
>
>
> Actually, you are both correct, to a point. In general terms the
> spelling disc/disk is a regional thing, but not when referring to computer
> storage.
>
> The correct spelling when referring to non-optical storage is DISK (think
> DISKette), and with optical is DISC.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Oldus Fartus


DisK
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...%3A+disk&meta=

DisC
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...e%3Adisc&meta=

Paul.

"PeeCee" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> DisK
> http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...%3A+disk&meta=
>
> DisC
> http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...e%3Adisc&meta=
>

Quite contradictory definitions in that lot Paul, with a lot of
inconsistency.

Wikipedia has a pretty good summary, part of which (from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk )
The spelling disc is commonly used for audio and video recording media,
including:

a.. Transcription disc (gramophone record or "phonograph record" in U.S.
English)
b.. Aluminum disc
c.. Optical disc, the most common of which are:
a.. Compact Disc
b.. Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc (DVD)
d.. Disc film
The spelling disk (sometimes viewed as an abbreviation of diskette) is used
for magnetic recording media (see disk storage), including:

a.. Hard disk, also known as a hard drive
b.. Floppy disk, or diskette
c.. RAM disk
d.. Also (perhaps erroneously) to refer to tape drives and flash memory
cards for both music and computer data

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:13:24 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

> As to whether spelling *matters*, and if so, under what circumcisions,
> well, that's something we don't REALLY want to get into, do we now...?
>

LOL Surely you meant 'circumstances'

> P.S.
> "Spelt" ! Nice touch!

In the UK the word 'spelled' is rarely, if ever, used as past participle
of the verb 'spell'. In fact as I type this, a red wavy line has appeared
under the word 'spelled', indicating that my UK English spellchecker
thinks I'm typing nonsense words.