floppy disk

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floppy disk

noun floppy disks · floppy disc

  1. 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.

    Similar: disk, diskette, floppy, floppy diskette

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noun flexible disk used for storing digital data

Españoldisquete, disco flexible
한국어플로피 디스크 peullopi diseukeu, 디스켓 diseuket
日本語フロッピーディスク furoppī disuku, ディスケット disuketto
中文軟盤 /软盘 ruǎnpán, 磁盤 /磁盘 cípán, 磁碟 cídié, 軟碟 /软碟 ruǎndié
हिन्दीडिस्केट ḍiskeṭ
Portuguêsdisquete, disco flexível
Françaisdisquette
DeutschDiskette, Floppy, Floppy Disk
Italianofloppy disk, floppy, dischetto, disco flessibile, disco floscio
Ελληνικάδισκέτα diskéta
Românădischetă
Русскийдиске́та diskéta, ги́бкий диск gíbkij disk
العربيةقُرْص مَرِن qurṣ marin

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@misc{floppy_disk_2026,
  title = {floppy disk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floppy%20disk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}