flop disk

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floppy
This is the 5 ½ Inch magnetic disk that was supplied in a flexible casing, hence the name Floppies have fallen out of general use - but matra has retained functioning floppy disk drives to create license disks and on-line manuals for the convenience of end users who still use floppies Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems refer to the small hard 3 ½ inch drive as a floppy drive as well, because the actual magnetically coated media within that hard plastic shell is similar to a true floppy disk
hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears
An increasingly rare storage medium consisting of a thin magnetic film disk housed in a protective sleeve
An extremely common type of removable disk Floppies do not hold too much data, but most computers are capable of reading them Note though that there are different competing format used for floppies, so that a floppy written by one type of computer might not directly work on another Also sometimes called "diskette"
One of several types of magnetic storage media The term "floppy" refers to any disk that is made of a flexible material, such as Mylar, instead of some type of metal Almost all floppy disks used now are 3 ½ inch (which hold a maximum of 1 44 megabytes) The smaller, higher capacity disks have become the industry standard, with their older, larger counterparts disappearing into obscurity
A somewhat historical term for a small mass storage device in a removable cartridge, meant to be read/written to in a compatible drive See Diskette
Something that is floppy is loose rather than stiff, and tends to hang downwards. the girl with the floppy hat and glasses. something that is floppy is soft and hangs down loosely rather than being stiff
(Disk) Strange term, as the current standard is not floppy at all! The early ones were Basically a small-ish capacity removable disk, that can be written to or read from Useful as back ups or for transfer between computers Slow to access - Slower than all the above Stores 1 44MB of data
A floppy disk
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When you run out of Polygrip
a 3½ floppy disk (the floppy part is inside) used to store files
A somewhat historical term for a small mass storage device in a removable cartridge, meant to be read/written to in a compatible drive See "diskette "
Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible
stamping tool (with joints) that is more flexible, allowing closer imprinting to walls
hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
Refers to a place where information is stored i e a floppy disk
Floppy disk of Diskette - Magnetic storage media Together with tape one of the first media for this purpose There were floppies in different sizes from 8" to 5 1/4" later on the wellknown 3 1/2" which are still in use
{s} flexible; not hard (about a computer disk); slack, loose