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Disc, Disk, DISC or DISK may refer to:
[edit] Data storage
Disk storage, a general category of data storage mechanisms Also a generic name for secondary storage in a computer
- Magnetic disc
- Optical disc, a polycarbonate disc
- Blu-ray Disc, a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
- Compact Disc (CD), a form of optical disc used mainly for audio data
- DVD, a form of optical disc used mainly for video and other data
- Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), an optical medium-based digital audio/video format under development
- HD DVD, a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
- Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD), a next generation ultra-high-density optical disc format replacement for blu-ray
- Laserdisc (LD), the first commercial optical disc storage medium
- MiniDisc (MD), a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device
- Disc film, a still-photography film format
- RAM disk, a volatile solid state drive
- Vinyl-disc, a record combining a CD or DVD and a gramophone
[edit] Science
- Accretion disk, diffuse material in orbital motion around a central body such as a star or black hole
- Death Inducing Signaling Complex, in biology, a multi-protein complex formed by members of the death receptor family of apoptosis-inducing cellular receptors
- Debris disk, a ring shaped circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star
- DISC1 (Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1), a human gene with a wide array of interactions
- DISC assessment, in psychology, a group of psychometric tests based on the work of William Moulton Marston
- Disc (galaxy), a disc-shaped group of stars
- Disk (mathematics), the region in a plane surrounded by a circle
- Intervertebral disc, in biology, part of the spine of an animal
- Protoplanetary disk, a rotating disc of dense gas surrounding a newly formed star, a form of accretion disc
- Scattered disc, a distant region of the Solar System thinly populated by icy minor planets
- Unit disk, a disc (mathematics) with radius one
[edit] Motoring
- Disc brake, a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel
- Disc parking, a parking regulation with free parking when using a parking disc (clock disc)
- Tax disc, a vehicle licence receipt placed inside the windscreen in the United Kingdom
[edit] Other uses
- Disc (band), American experimental music group
- Disc harrow, a farm implement
- Disc jockey, a person who selects and plays pre-recorded music for an audience
- Discworld, a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett
- Flying disc, a throwing toy or Frisbee
- DİSK, the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey
- Dundee International Sports Centre, a sports centre in Scotland
- Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, headquarters of the British Army Intelligence Corps
- Delaware Independent School Conference, a high-school sports conference
- Disconnect, when server refuses your connection, usage: "i get disc from the server, my connection timed out"
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