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floppy disk

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noun

Computers.

a portable storage medium consisting of a square plastic case containing a thin disk coated with magnetic material that is inserted into a drive to read and write data: popular from the 1970s through the 1990s.

floppy disk

noun

Also called: diskette.�� flexible disk.��a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor

floppy disk

A flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material and covered by a protective jacket, used for storing data. Floppy disks were once the principal storage medium for personal computers, but inexpensive hard disks and writable compact disks have greatly diminished their role.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of floppy disk¹

First recorded in 1970–75; called floppy from the fact that the earliest (8 inch) disk housing was somewhat flexible, though later (3.5 inch) disks had a rigid plastic case

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That could mean the files and formats we use now, face a similar fate to the floppy disks and DVD drives of the past.

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He doesn’t have the internet on his computer and continues to save his work to a floppy disk, which he walks down the hall to his assistant at the end of the work day.

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But energetic fans sustained the work, with zines passed around on floppy disks, photocopied and then read online.

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You will try to take a bite of a sandwich, and — crunch, you have bitten into a floppy disk of sources and methods from 1993.

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It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.

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