Floppy disk

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002363",
  "term": "Floppy disk",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A removable magnetic storage medium consisting of a thin, flexible magnetic disk encased in a square or rectangular plastic jacket. Data is written to and read from the disk by a floppy disk drive. Common sizes included 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch, with capacities ranging from kilobytes to 1.44 megabytes.",
  "synonyms": [
    "disk",
    "diskette",
    "floppy",
    "floppy diskette"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "see_also": [
    "disk",
    "floppy disk drive"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Diskette",
    "es": "disquete",
    "fr": "disquette"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/floppy-disk/"
}