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disc (n.)

Latinate spelling preferred in British English for most uses of disk (q.v.). American English tends to use it in the musical recording sense (1888); originally of phonograph records, recently of compact discs.

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Definitions of disc from WordNet

disc (n.)
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove;
Synonyms: phonograph record / phonograph recording / record / disk / platter
disc (n.)
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate;
Synonyms: disk / saucer
disc (n.)
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored;
Synonyms: magnetic disk / magnetic disc / disk
disc (n.)
a flat circular plate;
Synonyms: disk
From wordnet.princeton.edu