For Disc we have terms and definitions in 13 topics. The topics are Camcorder, Customs, DVD Authoring, Digital Imaging, Finance, Import Cars, Indycar Racing, International Economics, Photography, Shipping, Storage Media, Technology and Weightlifting.

Disc (Camcorder)

An optical storage unit that uses a laser to read and/or write to a computer.

Disc (Customs)

Refer to: Foreign Sales Corporation,

Disc (DVD Authoring)

Term commonly used to refer to optical storage devices such as DVD and CD. See also disk.

Disc (Digital Imaging)

Magnetic or optical storage medium - discs may be flexible "floppy" or rigid.

Disc (Finance)

See: Domestic International Sales Corporation

Disc (Import Cars)

1. An acronym for discount. 2. A variant of disk.

Disc (Indycar Racing)

In brakes, the rotor, the part which revolves, and against which brake linings are pressed during braking.

Disc (International Economics)

Domestic International Sales Corporation

Disc (Photography)

The spelling variation of "disk" referring to compact discs such as Photo CD or other CD-ROM.

Disc (Shipping)

Domestic International Sales Corporation

Disc (Storage Media)

A metal disk covered with a magnetic recording material. Each platter contains a number of circular recording tracks AKA "Platter".

Disc (Technology)

A round, flat piece of nonmagnetic, shiny metal encased in a plastic coating, designed to be read from and written to by optical (laser) technology. It is now standard practice to use the spelling disc for optical discs and disk in all other computer contexts, such as floppy disk, hard disk, and RAM disk. See also compact disc.

Disc (Weightlifting)

One of the cylindrical weights that are loaded onto the barbell. Discs come in eight weights and are color coded: 25 kilograms (red); 20 kg (blue); 15 kg (yellow); 10 kg (green); 5 kg (white); 2.5 kg (black); 1.25 kg (chrome); 0.5 kg (chrome); 0.25 kg (chrome).

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