[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> For the younger readers out there: These are not USB devices and you can't text your friends or watch TikTok videos on them. I know. Crazy.

Tsk. Please. We've all seen CD disks before, you know.

[gre]

Fun fact, the D stood for disks, so you're literally saying "Compact Disks Disks".

[YeGoblynQueenne]

I'm fine with that. Like "SAM Missiles" (in the sky) or "CMS System" etc.

Also, it's "pedant", not "pendant" :P

[myself248]

The D stood for Disc.

Consensus at the time was a disk with a K was writable, a disc with a C was read-only.

[smegcicle]

Or disc for optical, disk for magnetic