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floppy disks

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Categoryfloppy disks
Alternative termsfloppy disk, floppy diskette
SourceArt & Architecture Thesaurus

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Thin, round, flexible disks with magnetic surfaces for storing and retrieving data. The first floppy disks had a disk diametre of 8 inches. Subsequently, the 5¼-inch and then the 3½-inch became ubiquitious form of data storage.

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