http://printwiki.org/DiskRecent Changes of the page "Disk" on PrintWiki.en-us http://printwiki.org/Disk2007-09-06 12:00:00Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications Import <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Disk<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ Any of a variety of flat, circular, information storage media, ranging from old vinyl records to the common 3.5-inch floppy disks. In computer parlance, ''disk'' typically refers to a flat, round surface covered with a magnetic material (such as a magnetic oxide) which can store digital (or other) information. This magnetic coating can be manipulated by the writing device (or ["write head"]) to carry magnetic fields, the varying orientations of which can be interpreted digitally by the reading device (or ["read head"]) and translated into machine- or human-readable code. This is how a vast majority of computer data is stored.<br> + <br> + Although often used interchangeably with the term ["disc"], this latter term is reserved for media that store data optically, such as ["compact disc"]s.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>