floppy disk

Also known as disk, floppy, diskette, floppies, FD

removable disk storage medium

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A floppy disk is a removable storage device that was used to save and transfer computer files before modern alternatives like USB drives and cloud storage became common. It matters historically because it was the standard way people stored and shared data with computers for several decades.

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Unicode character: 🖬
Commons category: Floppy disks
Commons gallery: Diskette
storage capacity: 1440
inception: 1964-00-00
P13411: Wales

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8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disks 8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm) (full height), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) drives A 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disk removed from its housing

A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed in a square or nearly square plastic shell lined with fabric to help remove dust from the spinning disk. Floppy disks store digital data, which can be read or written when inserted into a floppy disk drive (FDD) connected to or built into a computer or other device. The three most popular formats of floppy disks (and their drives) are the 8-inch, 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch versions.