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Noun Concept
Categories: 20th-century inventions, Computer storage media, Articles with short description, Floppy disk computer storage, Rotating disc computer storage media
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diskette  floppy  floppy disk  3.5" Floppy disk  5.25" floppy disk
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A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer WordNet 3.0
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A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A floppy disk or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Wikipedia
Removable disk storage medium Wikidata
A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data. Wiktionary
A floppy disk. Wiktionary
(computing) a floppy disk. Wiktionary (translation)
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Floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
magnetic disk
memory
magnetic storage medium
removable disk
storage
+1 relations
HAS PART
sector
PART OF
computer
HAS KIND
PocketZip
SuperDisk
Quick Disk
X10 accelerated floppy drive
Commodore 1540
+2 relations
CONNECTS WITH
floppy disk drive
DERIVATION
magnetic disk
DEVELOPER
IBM
Alan Shugart
HAS QUALITY
removable disk
MATERIAL USED
Mylar
iron(II,III) oxide
USES
magnetism
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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diskette, floppy, floppy disk
Wikipedia
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floppy disk
Wikidata
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floppy disk
Wiktionary
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diskette, floppy
Wikipedia Redirections
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1.2M, 1.44M, 3.5", 3.5" disk, 3.5" floppy, 3.5" floppy disc, 3.5" floppy Disk, 3.5" Floppy Disk, 3.5" Floppy disk, 3.5" floppy disk, 3.5" inch floppy drive, 3.5-inch floppy, 3.5-inch floppy disk, 3.5 floppy, 3.5 inch floppy, 3.5 inch floppy disk, 360K, 3½", 3½" floppy, 3½" floppy disk, 3½" floppy drive, 3½-inch floppy, 3½-inch floppy disk, 3½ inch, 3½ inch floppy, 3½ inch floppy disk, 3½in, 3½in floppy, 3½in floppy disk, 5" floppy, 5-1/4" floppy disk, 5.25", 5.25" disk, 5.25" floppy, 5.25" floppy disk, 5.25" Floppy disk, 5.25-inch disk, 5.25-inch floppy, 5.25-inch floppy disk, 5.25 inch disks, 5.25 inch floppy disks, 51/4-inch disk, 5¼", 5¼" floppy, 5¼" floppy disk, 5¼" floppy drive, 5¼-inch disk, 5¼ inch, 5¼ inch floppy, 5¼ inch floppy disk, 5¼in, 5¼in floppy, 5¼in floppy disk, 720K, 8", 8" floppy, 8" floppy disk, 8" floppy drive, 8-inch floppy, 8-inch floppy disk, 8.0", 8 inch floppy, 8 inch floppy disk, 8in floppy, 8in floppy disk, diskette, Diskette drive, diskettes, Disquete, Disquette, extra-high density, flexible disk, Floopy disk, Floopy disk drive, floppies, floppy, floppy-disk drive, floppy disc, floppy disc drive, floppy discs, Floppy Disk, floppy disk drive, floppy disk drives, floppy diskette, floppy disks, floppy drive, floppy drives, High-capacity floppy, High-Density Disk, Hyper drive (floppy), Live Floppy, Maxi-Disk, Maxi-disk, Maxi-diskette, Maxi-Diskette, Maxi-Floppy, Maxi-floppy, Maxi disk, Maxi diskette, Maxi floppy, Maxidisk, Maxifloppy, Micro-Disk, Micro-disk, Micro-Diskette, Micro-diskette, Micro-Floppy, Micro-floppy, Micro disk, Micro diskette, micro floppy, Microdisk, Microfloppy, Mini-disk, Mini-Disk, Mini-Diskette, Mini-diskette, Mini-floppy, Mini-Floppy, Mini disk, Mini Disk, Mini diskette, Mini floppy, MiniDisk, Minidisk (floppy), Minifloppy, PC floppy disks, Soft sectored, Stiffy disk, 💾, 🖪, 🖫, 🖬
Wikidata Alias
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disk, diskette, FD, floppies, floppy

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