floppy diskette drive — noun A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so called floppy, diskettes. Floppy diskette drives ultimately became obsolete with the arrival of more efficient media, such as the memory stick. Syn: floppy disk drive … Wiktionary
floppy diskette — noun see floppy disk … Useful english dictionary
floppy disk — Computers. a thin, flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored for later retrieval: used mainly with microcomputers. Also, floppydisk. Also called floppy, diskette, flexible disk, magnetic disk.… … Universalium
floppy disk — noun A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB. Syn: disk, diskette, floppy, floppy diskette See Also: flippy disk, flippy diskette … Wiktionary
diskette — noun A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data. Syn: floppy, floppy disk, floppy diskette … Wiktionary
floppy drive — noun A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3.5 , 5.25 or 8 diskettes. Syn: floppy disk drive, floppy diskette drive, floppy disc drive, FDD, FD See Also: tape drive, cassette drive … Wiktionary
Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks … Wikipedia
Diskette — Floppy Disk; Floppy (umgangssprachlich); Floppy Disc * * * Dis|ket|te [dɪs kɛtə], die; , n: in einer Schutzhülle befindliche kleine Platte, auf der Daten elektronisch gespeichert werden können: die alten Disketten entsorgen. * * * Dis|kẹt|te 〈f … Universal-Lexikon
Floppy Disk — Floppy (umgangssprachlich); Diskette; Floppy Disc * * * Flọp|py Dịsk 〈f. 10; EDV〉 = Diskette; oV Floppy Disc [engl., „schlaffe (= biegsame) Scheibe“] * * * Flọp|py Disk , Floppy Disc, die; , s [engl. floppy disk, aus: floppy = weich u. biegsam … Universal-Lexikon
diskette — dis‧kette [dɪsˈket ǁ ˈdɪsket] noun [countable] COMPUTING another name for a floppy disk * * * diskette UK US /dɪˈsket/ noun [C] IT ► FLOPPY DISK(Cf. ↑ … Financial and business terms