floppy disk
noun1
Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.
- A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled.1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)
- The floppy disk itself is a magnetically coated flexible plastic disk which is mounted in a protective envelope and can be used as a mass data storage medium.1994, Alexander John Anderson, Foundations of Computer Technology, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 107:
- Synonyms
- disk, diskette, floppy, floppy diskette
- Derived terms
- floptical disk
- Related terms
- flippy disk, flippy diskette, floppy disk drive, 💾