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The Compact Disc was invented by the Dutch company Philips, so they used the British spelling, and as it's actually a proprietary term I think you'll find all compact discs are so marked and spelt.

It becomes rather confusing now that compact discs are used for computer storage, just as floppy disks and hard disks are.



This is fascinating, NW... so now we're back to corporate influence on the language? I suppose it should come to me as no surprise...