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floppy disk

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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.

floppy disk
Noun
a flexible magnetic disk that stores data in the memory of a digital computer

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.
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Noun1.floppy diskfloppy 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"
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
Spanish floppy disk n (COMPUT) → floppy m; floppy-disk m; disco flexible
French floppy disk ndisquette f, disque m souple
German floppy disk floppy nDiskette f, Floppy Disk f
Italian floppy disk nfloppy disk m inv

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