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Floppy disk

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000448

A magnetic storage medium consisting of a thin, flexible disk encased in a square or rectangular plastic jacket. Data is read from and written to the disk by a floppy disk drive. Common sizes included 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch, with the 3.5-inch disk typically holding 1.44 megabytes of data.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000448
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000448",
  "term": "Floppy disk",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A magnetic storage medium consisting of a thin, flexible disk encased in a square or rectangular plastic jacket. Data is read from and written to the disk by a floppy disk drive. Common sizes included 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch, with the 3.5-inch disk typically holding 1.44 megabytes of data.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/floppy-disk/"
}

Record 491 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.