disk

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭsk
• IPA ^(key): /dɪsk/
• SAMPA: /dIsk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular disk

Plural disks

A computer disk

1. (countable) A disk is an object that is thin, flat, and circular.

   A coin is a disk of metal.

2. (figurative) Something that looks like a disk.

   Venus' disk blocked light from the Sun.

3. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

   Turn the disk over after it has finished.

4. (computing) A floppy disk.

   He still uses floppy disks from 1979.

5. (computing) A disc – either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD.

   She burned some disks yesterday to back up the information on her computer.

Related words

• disc
• disk drive
• diskette
• floppy disk