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How is a "gramophone record" distinct from a "record"?

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	I think this should be "Physical Format", or "Physical Object Format" or something, as "File" implies a digital object... or am I the only one there? --[[User:Darkstar\|Darkstar]] ([[User talk:Darkstar\|talk]]) 23:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)		I think this should be "Physical Format", or "Physical Object Format" or something, as "File" implies a digital object... or am I the only one there? --[[User:Darkstar\|Darkstar]] ([[User talk:Darkstar\|talk]]) 23:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
		+	: I disagree, file does not strictly imply digital object, but "a collection of data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename. Just as words can be written on paper, so too can data be written to a computer file."<ref>[[wikipedia:Computer file#Etymology\|Etymology section - Computer file - Wikipedia]]</ref> The reference also indicates [[punched card]] as both a "file" and a physical object that was used to store computer data.
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	I removed DiscoVision and put in LaserDisc as it is more commonly known. Laserdisc has also been known as LaserVision, Disco-Vision, Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical Videodisc. --[[User:Famicoman\|Famicoman]] ([[User talk:Famicoman\|talk]]) 04:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)		I removed DiscoVision and put in LaserDisc as it is more commonly known. Laserdisc has also been known as LaserVision, Disco-Vision, Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical Videodisc. --[[User:Famicoman\|Famicoman]] ([[User talk:Famicoman\|talk]]) 04:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
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		+	I think this should be "Physical Format", or "Physical Object Format" or something, as "File" implies a digital object... or am I the only one there? --[[User:Darkstar\|Darkstar]] ([[User talk:Darkstar\|talk]]) 23:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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	How is a "gramophone record" distinct from a "record"? [[User:Dan Tobias\|Dan Tobias]] ([[User talk:Dan Tobias\|talk]])		How is a "gramophone record" distinct from a "record"? [[User:Dan Tobias\|Dan Tobias]] ([[User talk:Dan Tobias\|talk]])
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		+	I removed DiscoVision and put in LaserDisc as it is more commonly known. Laserdisc has also been known as LaserVision, Disco-Vision, Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical Videodisc. --[[User:Famicoman\|Famicoman]] ([[User talk:Famicoman\|talk]]) 04:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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