floppy disk (redirected from Floppy disk drive)

floppy disk

n.

A flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material and covered by a protective jacket, used primarily by computers to store data magnetically. Also called diskette.

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floppy disk

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor Also called diskette flexible disk

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floppy disk  (flpp)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

floppy disk - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" diskette, floppy computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically magnetic disc, magnetic disk, disc, disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

Translations

floppy disk

n (Comput) → Floppy Disk f, → Diskette f; floppy disk drive → Diskettenlaufwerk nt

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floppy disk n → floppy disk m inv

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