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Definitions for diskette
dɪˈskɛtdiskette

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diskette, floppy, floppy disknoun

    a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer

    "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price"

GCIDE

  1. diskettenoun

    a data-storage medium consisting of a small plastic disk coated with a thin layer of magnetizable material on one or both sides, enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit. It is used in a specially designed disk drive, in which the disk is rotated at high speed, and which stores data on the disk by causing changes in the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer as the disk spins and as sequential locations on the disk pass under the read-write head of the drive. Reading of the data occurs in the reverse process, by detection of the patterns of magnetization of the disk. Such disks are used to store data or programs for a microcomputer.

Wiktionary

  1. diskettenoun

    A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.

  2. Etymology: disk + -ette, by analogy with cassette

Wikipedia

  1. diskette

    A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, or a diskette) is an obsolescent type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Floppy disks store digital data which can be read and written when the disk is inserted into a floppy disk drive (FDD) connected to or inside a computer or other device. The first floppy disks, invented and made by IBM, had a disk diameter of 8 inches (203.2 mm). Subsequently, the 5¼-inch and then the 3½-inch became a ubiquitous form of data storage and transfer into the first years of the 21st century. 3½-inch floppy disks can still be used with an external USB floppy disk drive. USB drives for 5¼-inch, 8-inch, and other-size floppy disks are rare to non-existent. Some individuals and organizations continue to use older equipment to read or transfer data from floppy disks. Floppy disks were so common in late 20th-century culture that many electronic and software programs continue to use save icons that look like floppy disks well into the 21st century, as a form of skeuomorphic design. While floppy disk drives still have some limited uses, especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have been superseded by data storage methods with much greater data storage capacity and data transfer speed, such as USB flash drives, memory cards, optical discs, and storage available through local computer networks and cloud storage.

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  1. diskette

    A diskette, also known as a floppy disk, is a type of data storage medium that was commonly used in the past. It is a portable and magnetic device that was used for storing and transferring data files from one computer to another. Typically enclosed in a square or rectangular plastic shell, diskettes came in various sizes, though the most common one was 3.5 inches. They have largely been replaced by modern forms of storage like USB flash drives, external hard drives, and cloud storage.

Editors Contribution

  1. diskette

    Diskette (noun) is like a floppy disk a carrier for soft copy file.

    Diskette is a square size that consists of thin, flexible magnetic disk inside the carrier.


    Submitted by pinkss5 on September 16, 2015  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diskette in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diskette in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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