Questions for English Majors

[James Knott]

Colin McGregor wrote:
> I am doing the follow-up to my Linux Journal "A Temporary Internet Lounge"
> article, and the question has come up, do I use "disk" and/or "disc". As in
> "hard disk" or "compact disc", which is correct? Both? If both "disc" and
> "disk" are correct, under conditions should I be using one or the other?
> 
> Similar story with "RAM disk" vs. "RAMdisk" vs. "Ramdisk" vs. "RAM disc" vs.
> ... again which is correct (if any)?

In enlish, "disk" is the correct spelling.  In the case of CDs, one of 
the developers was a European company, and they used "disc".  According 
to Webster's, disc is a variant of disk, so both are OK.
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