floppy disk

== English == === Alternative forms === floppy disc === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === floppy disk (plural floppy disks) (computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB. 1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142) A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled. ==== Synonyms ==== disk / diskette floppy floppy diskette ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== flippy disk / flippy diskette floppy disk drive ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: floppy disk → Japanese: フロッピーディスク (furoppī disuku) → Korean: 플로피 디스크 (peullopi diseukeu) → Welsh: disg hyblyg (calque) ==== Translations ==== === See also === 💾 === Further reading === floppy disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:floppy disk on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English floppy disk. === Noun === floppy disk m (invariable) floppy disk === Further reading === floppy disk in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana