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'''Disc''' or '''disk''' may refer to:
===Data storage===
*[[Aluminum disc]], a magnetic recording disc used mainly for early radio recordings
*[[Blu-ray Disc]], a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
*[[Compact Disc]], a form of optical disc used mainly for audio data
*[[Disc film]], a still-photography film format
*[[Disk storage]], a general category of data storage mechanisms
*[[DVD]], a form of optical disc used mainly for video and other data
*[[Enhanced Versatile Disc]], an optical medium-based digital audio/video format under development (shortform EVD)
*[[Floppy disk]], a magnetic data storage device using a flexible disc
*[[Hard disk drive]], a non-volatile magnetic data storage device
*[[HD DVD]], a high-density optical disc intended mainly for video storage
*[[Laserdisc]], the first commercial optical disc storage medium
*[[MiniDisc]], a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device
*[[Optical disc]], a polycarbonate disc
*[[RAM disk]], a volatile solid state drive
*Transcription disc, a [[gramophone record]]
*A generic name for [[secondary storage]] in a computer
===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
*[[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
===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
===Other uses===
*DİSK, the [[Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey]]
*[[Disc jockey]], a person who selects and plays pre-recorded music for an audience
*[[Flying disc]], a throwing toy or Frisbee
*[[Dundee International Sports Centre]], a sports centre in Scotland
==See also==
* [[Spelling of disc]]
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