floppy disk

noun

Definition of floppy disk

: a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material on which data for a computer can be stored

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Previously, the Square employee managed to fit an entire bootable floppy disk containing a video game into a 140-character tweet. — Shoshana Wodinsky, The Verge, "This tweet contains an entirely playable, retro-style arcade game," 3 Aug. 2018 Up until recently, the federal government was spending $60 billion a year to maintain outdated tech and computers that still ran on floppy disks—granted, some of that equipment operated our nukes. — J. Weston Phippen, Outside Online, "The Terrible State of Our National Parks—in Photos," 5 July 2018 The officers took a computer tower, desktop, flash drives, SD cards, tablets, multiple CDs, floppy disks, cellphones, a camcorder and a hard drive, court records show. — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, "Hobart man accused of child porn offenses; gets federal court date," 15 June 2018 Fitzpatrick highlights the struggles with physical compatibility that many companies faced, like making sure floppy disk readers were compatible with programs like WordPerfect. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Look at This Huge Computer Archive in All Its Retro Glory," 9 Jan. 2018 The protruding floppy disk is the game’s power button, and there’s also a speaker to its right that barks out eight-bit audio just fine. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "The Oregon Trail handheld game is a really fun nostalgia gadget," 24 Mar. 2018 Snail mail has gone the way of folding maps, modems, floppy disks, video tapes, answering machines, pay phones, typewriters, pagers and books. — Newsweek, "Business," 14 Mar. 2018 That plot line hinges on the exchange of some highly inflammatory information stored on floppy disks, and yes, Virginia, there was a time not so many years ago that people, even spies, probably, relied on these disks to store their secrets. — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, "Review: ‘Red Sparrow’ never finds its wings," 1 Mar. 2018 While socializing, casually inquire with a server about the status of the city’s floppy disk repair services. — Alexandra Misch, Esquire, "The Best Restaurants and Bars to Hit Up in Austin During SXSW," 1 Mar. 2018

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