superfloppy

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noun

Any of various disks of approximately the size of a floppy disk but capable of storing far larger amounts of data.

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Meanings

nounsuperfloppy (plural superfloppies)

plural superfloppies

  1. historicalcomputer hardwareAny of various disks of approximately the size of a floppy disk but capable of storing far larger amounts of data.

    The superfloppy is capable of storing 2.88M bytes of data after it is formatted and will be used heavily in financial services, architecture, engineering and design, health care and graphics, according to Gene Dougherty, director of sales […]

    1991 July 15, Computerworld, volume XXV, number 28, IDG Enterprise, page 19

Origin

From super- + floppy.

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APA

superfloppy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfloppy

MLA

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Chicago

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