Meanings
nounfloppy disk (plural floppy disks)
plural floppy disks · alternative floppy disc
- computer hardwareA 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)1 more example
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 107Synonyms: disk, diskette, floppy, floppy diskette
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
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Translations
Arabic قُرْص مَرِن
- قُرْص مَرِن (qurṣ marin)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Basque diskete
- disketeflexible disk used for storing digital data
Bulgarian диске́та
- диске́та (diskéta)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Catalan disquet, disc flexible
- disquetflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disc flexibleflexible disk used for storing digital data
Chinese Cantonese 磁碟
- 磁碟flexible disk used for storing digital data
Chinese Mandarin 軟盤 /软盘, 磁盤 /磁盘
- 軟盤 /软盘 (ruǎnpán)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- 磁盤 /磁盘 (cípán)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- 磁碟 (cídié)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- 軟碟 /软碟 (ruǎndié)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Czech disketa
- disketaflexible disk used for storing digital data
Danish diskette
- disketteflexible disk used for storing digital data
Dutch diskette, floppydisk
- disketteflexible disk used for storing digital data
- floppydiskflexible disk used for storing digital data
Esperanto disketo
- disketoflexible disk used for storing digital data
Finnish levyke, disketti
- levykeflexible disk used for storing digital data
- diskettiflexible disk used for storing digital data
- lerppuflexible disk used for storing digital data
French disquette
- disquetteflexible disk used for storing digital data
German Diskette, Floppy
- Disketteflexible disk used for storing digital data
- Floppyflexible disk used for storing digital data
- Floppy Diskflexible disk used for storing digital data
Greek δισκέτα
- δισκέτα (diskéta)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Hawaiian pā malule
- pā maluleflexible disk used for storing digital data
Hindi डिस्केट
- डिस्केट (ḍiskeṭ)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Hungarian hajlékonylemez, flopilemez
- hajlékonylemezflexible disk used for storing digital data
- flopilemezflexible disk used for storing digital data
- flopiflexible disk used for storing digital data
Icelandic disketta, disklingur
- diskettaflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disklingurflexible disk used for storing digital data
Indonesian disket
- disketflexible disk used for storing digital data
Italian floppy disk, floppy
- floppy diskflexible disk used for storing digital data
- floppyflexible disk used for storing digital data
- dischettoflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disco flessibileflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disco floscioflexible disk used for storing digital data
Japanese フロッピーディスク, ディスケット
- フロッピーディスク (furoppī disuku)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- ディスケット (disuketto)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Korean 플로피 디스크, 디스켓
- 플로피 디스크 (peullopi diseukeu)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- 디스켓 (diseuket)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Malay cakera liut
- cakera liutflexible disk used for storing digital data
Māori kōpae pīngore
- kōpae pīngoreflexible disk used for storing digital data
Persian فلاپی, دیسکت
- فلاپی (felâpi)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- دیسکت (disket)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Polish dyskietka, dysk elastyczny
- dyskietkaflexible disk used for storing digital data
- dysk elastycznyflexible disk used for storing digital data
- dysk miękkiflexible disk used for storing digital data
Portuguese disquete, disco flexível
- disqueteflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disco flexívelflexible disk used for storing digital data
Romanian dischetă
- dischetăflexible disk used for storing digital data
Russian диске́та, ги́бкий диск
- диске́та (diskéta)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- ги́бкий диск (gíbkij disk)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Slovak disketa
- disketaflexible disk used for storing digital data
Spanish disquete, disco flexible
- disqueteflexible disk used for storing digital data
- disco flexibleflexible disk used for storing digital data
Swedish diskett
- diskettflexible disk used for storing digital data
Turkish disket
- disketflexible disk used for storing digital data
Ukrainian диске́та, гнучки́й диск
- диске́та (dyskéta)flexible disk used for storing digital data
- гнучки́й диск (hnučkýj dysk)flexible disk used for storing digital data
Welsh disg hyblyg
- disg hyblygflexible disk used for storing digital data
Yiddish דיסקעט
- דיסקעט (disket)flexible disk used for storing digital data
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Chicago
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