BTW, is it "disc" or "disk" with regards to floppies?
For the floppies the right term is
disk (as FastRobPlus correctly said :-D), an abbreviation of diskette
(a name chosen in order to be similar to the word "cassette").
The word comes from the greek
wich defines the flat circular geometric form. The Latin word is discus.
Here another explanation (From the
Webster's Online Dictionary):
One reason for the distinction is perhaps that the compact disc was invented by Philips, a European company (hence using the British English spelling, disc), whereas the hard disk was invented by IBM, an American company (using the American English spelling, disk). The distinction is mostly found in hardware documentation and is rarely maintained in software documentation for users, where disk is almost always preferred in the interest of consistency.
Another reason, explained in more detail in the external link, is that the audio field typically uses disc, whereas computer circles prefer disk. The CD was originally used solely for its audio applications. After the rise of the CD, some audiophiles began calling phonograph records black discs.
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