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What is the noun for disc?

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disk
  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. (computing) A floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
  6. (computing) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
  7. (agriculture) A harrow.
  8. (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “The player throws a disk of metal or stone as far as he can, and the longest thrower wins the prize.”
      “By default, the software attempts to write the data to disk when the program closes.”
disc
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
  2. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
  3. Something resembling a disc.
  4. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “She typed them into a curious looking device, walked over to a huge machine that covered the whole face of the far wall, and inserted the flat disc into a slot.”
      “I love the sound quality of vinyl, so I prefer listening to my favorite albums on a disc rather than streaming them online.”
      “The agitator or pulsator is a propeller-like device, usually a concave disc fixed to the center, that creates the vertical-axis rotating action.”
diskette
  1. (computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
  2. (computing) An 8-inch floppy disk.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Always take the opportunity to make a boot diskette when Linux gives you that option.”
      “Modern motherboard chipsets will boot from a CD-ROM more easily than a floppy diskette.”
      “There are cases where a suspect has broken a diskette and cut the magnetic media inside the disk with pinking shears.”
diskspace
  1. (computing) storage space available on a computer disk
diskettes
  1. plural of diskette
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Bulletin can be obtained in paper printed in black and white or in diskettes for computer.”
      “Over a period of three months, Etessami customized his program for Rug World, overnighting diskettes to Shallenberger.”
      “And suppose that employee may have spent the better part of the past week copying files off the server and onto diskettes.”
discs
  1. plural of disc
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Oversized ventilated discs in all four corners and an aluminum steering rack ensure precise handling and braking.”
      “In place of the scaly discs there remained clear blotches of an achromic appearance.”
      “With the tsunami of holiday movies comes another batch of soundtrack discs.”
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