Temperament: When comparing the various horse breeds, it is also important to know the temperament of the horse. The temperament refers to the breed's innate personality type, which is usually referred to as hot-blood, cold-blood, or warm-blood.
Switch to new thesaurus. disc space. computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. disk overhead, overhead - (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing. swap file, swap space - the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory. space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; the laboratory's floor space.
Spelling of disc. Disc and disk are two variants of the English word for objects of a generally thin and cylindrical geometry. These variations are due to the way in which the words originated. The differences in spelling correspond both with regional differences and with different senses of the word. For example, in the case of flat, rotational data storage media the convention is that disk refers to magnetic storage while disc refers to optical storage.