floppy disk
noun
: a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material on which data for a computer can be stored
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Humans acquire language using only around 1.5 megabytes of data (less than a 1980s floppy disk).
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Sony, the last floppy disk manufacturer standing, stopped making floppies in 2011.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
The law writes over itself, like an old floppy disk.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
In a few years, comically oversized foam-board novelty checks will be the last remaining evidence of a 20th-century icon, as the paper check goes the way of the landline phone and the floppy disk.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Sony, the last floppy disk manufacturer standing, stopped making floppies in 2011.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
The law writes over itself, like an old floppy disk.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
In a few years, comically oversized foam-board novelty checks will be the last remaining evidence of a 20th-century icon, as the paper check goes the way of the landline phone and the floppy disk.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Floppy disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floppy%20disk. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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