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floppy disk

Synonyms

Noun

1. diskette

2. floppy, magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc

Usage
What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks - IEEE Spectrum
The Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972 — when 80KB took up 8 inches and were really floppy - Tom's Hardware
Floppy disks get a second life at Cambridge University Library - NPR
I plugged a 3.5-inch floppy disk reader into my Android phone, and it just worked - XDA
You Can Fit an Entire OS and Web Server on a Floppy Disk - Hackster.io
I plugged my old floppy disks into an Android - here's what happened - Pocket-lint
Chivalware Preview – Bringing a floppy drive to a roguelite fight - TheSixthAxis
All it takes to run Factorio off 1,000 floppies is to code your own file system and a week to load the game - PC Gamer
Developer turns old floppy drive into media remote for son - The Register
Sony's 200MB floppy disk was supposed to bury Zip drives—then it all fell apart in one month - How-To Geek
The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks - Popular Science
Airplanes Still Use Floppy Disks For Their Software - Here's Why - bgr.com
Bernoulli Disk Goes “Wii!” When Plugged Into WiiU - Hackaday
Floppy Disks Just Became the Ultimate Kid-Proof TV Remote - TechEBlog -
Watch an iPod and a Floppy Disk Dance in the Avalanches’ New Video - Pitchfork
Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette - Tom's Hardware
I ran a modern-day Linux distro off a floppy disk, and here's how it went - XDA
Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows - Tom's Hardware
Floppy disk pre-paid cash card launched in Taiwan — NFC payment method 'only has a card function' warns supplier, so keep it out of your FDD - Tom's Hardware
Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks - Tom's Hardware
From Floppy Disks to the AI Frontier: Microsoft’s Four Decades of Innovation in Ireland - Microsoft Source
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks - BBC
Print Pixel Art To A Floppy Disk - Hackaday
Someone ran a modern-day Linux distro off a floppy disk, and it looks more fun than it should be - XDA
Developer turns floppy disks into secret black-and-white picture canvases — pbm2track "paints" pixel art into the disk's magnetic timing diagram - Tom's Hardware
The 30-Year Nostalgia Cycle Has Me Actually Excited for a PC With Fake Floppy Drives - Gizmodo
Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers — ruined Tsukihime 1999 demo was one of only 50 ever produced - Tom's Hardware
RFIDisk: When Floppy Drives Go Contactless - Hackaday
Why Cambridge University Library is safeguarding floppy disk knowledge - IT Brew
I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch - Kottke.org
Today in Apple history: Apple II gets its first disk drive - Cult of Mac
Someone ran Factorio off of 1,000 AOL floppy disks, and it took way too long - XDA
Floppy disk hack: How a pair of scissors doubled your storage in 1992 - Yahoo Tech
I’m Fighting for My Freedom Using Outdated Technology - Prison Journalism Project
Stephen Hawking’s Floppy Disks & the Digital Legacy of Science: An Interview with Leontien Talboom - AIP.ORG
I had no idea it was possible to create a working floppy disk from scratch, and neither did this YouTuber until they broke out their engineering chops - PC Gamer
Before the USB flash drive: 5 'floppy killers' that lost the retro storage war - How-To Geek
This Engineer Got a Tesla To Play Rick Astley From a Retro Floppy Disk - Hypebeast
America's Air Traffic Control Still Uses Floppy Disks: Here's The $12.5 Billion Fix - Simple Flying
If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games - Currently.com
It Seems Your Tesla Will Recognize A 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive - Yahoo Autos
Floppy disks, burned CDs, and tape drives: How we survived before the cloud - How-To Geek
Commodore 64 floppy drive has the power to be a computer — bulky 1982 Commodore 1541 5.25 inch drive packs a 1 MHz MOS 6502 CPU - Tom's Hardware
YouTuber recreates a floppy disk from scratch - Engadget
The SuperDisk was a better floppy, but the world didn't want a better floppy - How-To Geek
This 25-Year-Old Sony Camera Uses Floppy Disks Instead of SD Cards - Currently.com
Linux's Floppy Disk Driver Code Sees Some Cleanups In 2025 - Phoronix
NFC Hidden In Floppy Disk For Retro-Themed PC - Hackaday
Playing with Floppy Disks — Literally! - Hackster.io
Air traffic still runs on floppy discs in places, so the FAA just picked 2 companies for a $26 billion radar overhaul - Fortune
Floppy disks live on - Linux drivers get first update for years, perhaps signalling a comeback for the much-loved system? - TechRadar
This Isn’t Just a Floppy Disk, But Also a Web Server Running an Operating System - TechEBlog -
Orphaned Linux drivers for floppy disks gets first patch of any significance in three years - cleanup effort implies floppies spared the axe for a few more years - Tom's Hardware
$41M Modernization Will Move SF Muni Off Floppy Disks - govtech.com
Prisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey system - Tom's Hardware
San Francisco's Muni Metro Still Runs On Floppy Disks - Here's Why - bgr.com
3.5-inch floppy concept becomes packaging for SD cards, protecting today’s terabyte storage with retro charm - TechRadar
A step back in time as a YouTuber revives floppy disk technology using tools from today’s maker world - TechRadar
UW-Milwaukee's 'Retrolab' Conveys World Before Cellphones, Social Media - govtech.com
San Francisco's SFMTA train system has been running on floppy disks for decades; city fears 'catastrophic failure' before upgrade - ABC7 Bay Area
12 Old-School Computer Accessories That Used To Be Essential - bgr.com
Windows 95, With Just A Floppy Drive - Hackaday
Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks - BBC
YouTuber builds functional floppy disk from scratch using CNC and DIY magnetic coating - TechSpot
Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks - BBC
The Boeing 747 Still Uses Floppy Disks For Software Updates: Here's Why - Jalopnik
Challenge: The Floppy Disk and the ‘Save’ Icon - SitePoint
This whack-a-mole with floppy disks running on an Amiga looks equal parts hilarious and surprisingly difficult - PC Gamer
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks - Reuters
6 ways Windows still relies on DOS features - How-To Geek
How Many Phones Sport A 5 And 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. - Hackaday
Somehow Modern German Warships Are Still Using 1970s 8" Floppy Disks And Saab Is Involved - The Autopian
Storage vault: The rise and fall of the floppy disk - IBM
Why the Floppy Disk Just Won’t Die - WIRED
Save Your Vintage Machines' Saves with This Patent-Approved DIY Floppy Drive Cleaning Disk - Hackster.io
Japan Finally Phases Out Floppy Disks (Published 2024) - The New York Times
Does U.S. traffic control still use floppy disks? - pandasecurity.com
I ran an OS off a floppy disk and here's how it went - XDA
The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk - IEEE Spectrum
San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks - Ars Technica
Some industries still use floppy disks. This is one of the only places to buy them - NPR
Chuck E. Cheese Still Uses Floppy Disks To Make Its Rodent Mascot Dance — For Now - BuzzFeed News
Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places - ZDNET
5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 - Ars Technica
Japan Decides It's Time to Stop Using Floppy Disks, Report Says - Business Insider
Time's running out for firms to ditch the floppy disk - Raconteur
Floppy Disk Kingpin Says Business Has About Four Years Before Hitting Eject Button - Tom's Hardware
Introducing a Limited Floppy Edition of Cyberpunk 2077! - cyberpunk.net
Why the floppy disk may never die - IT Pro
Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks - Ars Technica
US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks - Ars Technica
Kilobytes of Cultural Heritage: Preserving Collections on Floppy Disks - The Library of Congress (.gov)
Read floppy disks and CD-ROMs with Raspberry Pi 5 | #MagPiMonday - Raspberry Pi
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board votes to upgrade Muni's rail system from floppy disks - ABC7 Bay Area
Pink Floppy Disc and The Bitles: Embracing the future of AI music - New Scientist
SF’s Market Street Subway Is Running on Reagan-Era Technology - The San Francisco Standard
Are Floppy Disks Dead Technology? - Hackster.io
Are Floppy Discs Making a Comeback? - NBC Los Angeles
Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old tech - Ars Technica
Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks (Published 2019) - The New York Times
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'floppy disk'
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Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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