diskette

Relationships See:  floppy disk

Definition noun

A removable storage device used for computer information. Also called a floppy disk or disk.

See: floppy disk.

A thin, flexible, plastic, circular memory medium, coated on both sides with metal oxide and enclosed in a protective jacket. Data is stored magnetically in binary digital form on its surface(s).

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

Also known as a floppy disk. Called a diskette because it was smaller than the original huge floppy disks, now long obsolete.

Also known as a floppy disk. Now obsollete. Called a diskette because it was smaller than the original huge floppy disks.

"floppy disk," 1973, from disk with diminutive suffix -ette.

A floppy [flexible] disk.

In computer technology, a small disk of flexible plastic, coated with a magnetizable material and enclosed in a protective jacket, used to store digital data. Note: A diskette is distinguished from a hard disk by virtue of the fact that it is flexible, and unlike most hard disks, is removable from its drive. Synonyms flexible disk, floppy disk.

A 3 1/2-inch or 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.

A medium for storing information. A diskette may be a "hard drive", which resides inside your computer. Or it may be a "floppy disk", which is a small (3.5&quot [..]