Word.ws English Dictionary

diskzine

diskzine noun: a zine distributed on floppy disk.

Noun

diskzine (plural diskzines)

  1. A zine distributed on floppy disk.
    • It will be interesting to watch this diskzine over the next couple of years […]1984, Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional Programmer
    • A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled. Three "diskzines" — magazines on floppy disks — started cheaply by entrepreneurs who placed ads in obscure computer journals […]1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)

Synonyms of diskzine

Forms of diskzine

pluraldiskzines
alternative formdisczine

Origin of diskzine

From disk + zine.

Questions about diskzine

What does diskzine mean?
Diskzine means a zine distributed on floppy disk.
What part of speech is diskzine?
Diskzine is a noun.
What is the plural of diskzine?
The plural of diskzine is diskzines.

Words near diskzine in the dictionary

  1. diskpacks
  2. disks
  3. disks on key
  4. diskspace
  5. disky
  6. diskzine
  7. diskzines
  8. disleading
  9. disleaf
  10. disleafed
  11. disleafing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diskzine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-uk-diskzine.ogg.

Cite this entry: “diskzine.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diskzine. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.