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floppy disks

floppy disks is the plural of floppy disk.

Meaning of floppy disk

Noun

floppy disk (plural floppy disks)

  1. A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.
    • A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled.1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)

Questions about floppy disks

What is floppy disks the plural of?
Floppy disks is the plural of floppy disk.

Words near floppy disks in the dictionary

  1. floppy disk drives
  2. floppy diskette
  3. floppy diskette drive
  4. floppy diskette drives
  5. floppy diskettes
  6. floppy disks
  7. floppy drive
  8. floppy drives
  9. floppy eyelid syndrome
  10. floppy infant syndrome
  11. floppy trunk syndrome

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