I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

For the optical media side of things, the name was coined by Phillips while they were consorting with Sony to develop the standard and named it the “Compact Disc” to compliment their already existing “Compact Cassette” product. They developed an official logo for the format which spelled it “disc.” That’s been with us ever since.

Didn't LaserDisc predate Compact Discs?

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