floppy disk

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsdiskettefloppy

   Broadermagnetic disk

   Part ofcomputer

Questions about floppy disk

What does floppy disk mean?

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

What is another word for floppy disk?

Close synonyms include diskette, floppy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is floppy disk a common word?

floppy disk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.