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| | Floppy disk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | a "1.44 megabyte" floppy is 1.44×1000×1024 bytes, not 1.44×1024×1024 bytes nor 1.44×1000×1000. | | | Apple Computer was the first mass-market computer manufacturer to drop the floppy drive from a computer model altogether with the release of their iMac model in 1998, and Dell made the floppy drive optional in some models starting in 2003. | | | Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive or FDD, the latter initialism not to be confused with "fixed disk drive", which is an old IBM term for a hard disk drive. |
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| | Computer Floppy Disk Drive Help |
| | The 5 1/4" floppy diskette was really floppy (flimsy) when compared to the 3.5" floppy diskette. | | | Floppy drive reading as B and not A. floppy being detected as 5.25" floppy. | | | Originally created in 1967 by IBM, the floppy reference is derived from the floppy media that is encased within the protective casing. |
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| | Floppy Disk |
| | In its design, the floppy disk is similar to the hard drive: it operates on the principles of magnetic recording, it uses magnetic heads for data storage and retrieval from the rotating magnetic media. | | | Today, the only two functions left for the floppy disks are serving as boot disks in the case of system conflicts on your PC and serving as movable storage for those who still live in the sub-two-megabytes-of-storage world. | | | Initially, the floppy drive was single-headed and had a storage capacity of 322 kB. |
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| | Floppy Disk Drive Primer |
| | Floppy disk drives were originally introduced commercially as a read-only device to hold microcode and diagnostics for large IBM mainframe computer systems in the early 1970s. | | | The computer's floppy controller relies on this sensor to establish a starting point from which all other tracks are referenced. | | | This is important because we all rely on our floppy drives whenever we move any data or programs in or out of our computers using diskettes. |
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| | What is floppy disk? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary |
| | Floppy disks are slower to access than hard disks and have less storage capacity, but they are much less expensive. | | | This type of floppy is generally capable of storing between 100K and 1.2MB (megabytes) of data. | | | Unlike most hard disks, floppy disks (often called floppies or diskettes) are portable, because you can remove them from a disk drive. |
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http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/f/floppy_disk.html
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| | BBC NEWS UK R.I.P. Floppy Disk |
| | Fondly known as "diskette", the floppy disk became a fixture of the personal computer market in the 1980s and 90s, along with its perfectly matched paramour Floppy Disk Drive. | | | FLOPPY DISK, the palm-sized magnetic data storage device, is whirring its last goodbye. | | | The floppy disk first emerged in the early 70s, conceived as an 8-inch disk by IBM. |
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| | floppy disk |
| | These disks are known as "floppy" disks (or diskettes) because the disk is flexible and the read/write head is in physical contact with the surface of the disk in contrast to "hard disks" (or winchesters) which are rigid and rely on a small fixed gap between the disk surface and the heads. | | | storage> (Or "floppy", "diskette") A small, portable plastic disk coated in a magnetisable substance used for storing computer data, readable by a computer with a floppy disk drive. | | | 3.5 inch floppies are less floppy than the larger disks because they come in a stiff plastic "envelope" or case, hence the alternative names "stiffy" or "crunchy" sometimes used to distinguish them from the floppier kind. |
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| | Floppy disks |
| | In 1971, IBM introduced the 8-inch floppy disk, initial capacity was about 100K bytes (100,000 characters) | | | Notice that floppies are disks, while CD-ROMs are discs. | | | floppy drive capable of storing 400K of data. |
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| | What is disk? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary |
| | Hard disks are also from 10 to 100 times faster than floppy disks. | | | On magnetic disks, data is encoded as microscopic magnetized needles on the disk's surface. | | | Accessing data from a disk is not as fast as accessing data from main memory, but disks are much cheaper. |
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| | Howstuffworks "How Floppy Disk Drives Work" |
| | The floppy disk drive (FDD) was the primary means of adding data to a computer until the CD-ROM drive became popular. | | | If you have spent any time at all working with a computer, then chances are good that you have used a floppy disk at some point. | | | Basically, a floppy disk drive reads and writes data to a small, circular piece of metal-coated plastic similar to audio cassette tape. |
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| | BadCopy Pro - Floppy Disk Recovery Software |
| | Accidentally deleted files on floppy disk, also known as floppy disk undelete. | | | The software supports inaccessible floppy disk data retrieval, FAT, BOOT or ROOT area damaged situations, and rescues various corrupt files from a diskette. | | | A disk that is inaccessible and Microsoft Windows prompts you to format. |
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| | Floppy Disk Drives, Floppy Drive, External Floppy Drives, USB Floppy Drive at TigerDirect.com |
| | This 1.44MB External USB Floppy Disk Drive is super slim and lightweight and brings functionality and versatility to your USB equipped computer. | | | Upgrade your computer system with a new floppy drive to improve your drive performance. | | | The YE Data 2X USB Floppy Drive is the fastest of its kind. |
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| | Define diskette - a Whatis.com definition - see also: floppy, floppy disk |
| | These were sometimes called "floppy disks" or "floppies" because their housings are flexible. | | | Some older computers provide drives for magnetic diskettes that are 5.25 inches square, about 1 millimeter thick, and capable of holding 1.2 megabytes of data. | | | Define diskette - a Whatis.com definition - see also: floppy, floppy disk |
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| | USB Floppy Disk RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Look for USB Floppy Disk RAID in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. | | | Search for USB Floppy Disk RAID in other articles. | | | If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database. |
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http://www.objectsspace.com/encyclopedia/index.php/USB_Floppy_Disk_RAID
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| | floppy disk |
| | a thin, flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored for later retrieval: used mainly with microcomputers. |
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| | USB Floppy Disk Drive RAID |
| | I also understand that carrying 5 USB floppy drives around is not exactly portable, but there is something special and amazing about the speed of this floppy cluster. | | | I formated each floppy diskette using a Mac OS tool called Disk Tool giving each diskette a MS DOS format type and labled each one 1 through 5 for cleanliness. | | | I happen to work for Y-E DATA which is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of USB Floppy Drives, so I have access to these things. |
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| | FLOPPY DISK |
| | You can use a floppy disk to exchange information between computers, or to make a backup of your files. | | | To protect your floppy disks, keep them away from heat, drinks, and magnets. | | | Floppy disks come in two sizes: double-density and high-density. |
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http://www.maran.com/dictionary/f/floppy
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| | Floppy Disks, 3.5 Floppy Discs, Cheap Floppy Disk, Disc, External Floppy Disk Drive, Floppy Disk Labels, Label |
| | Meritline USB External Floppy Disk Drive for PC (Removable Floppy Disc Drive), Excellent for Notebook Computers! | | | Floppy Disks, 3.5 Floppy Discs, Cheap Floppy Disk, Disc, External Floppy Disk Drive, Floppy Disk Labels, Label | | | PC FORMATTED 3.5" High Density Floppy Disk 50, 100, 200, 500 pack |
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| | Buzzword Definition - Floppy Disk (Diskette) |
| | A round, floppy piece of plastic that you put into a computer to store information. | | | You put it in the floppy disk drive to use it. | | | The disk is made of thin, Mylar plastic. |
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| | Floppy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Floppy, a computer game released on the Apple II. | | | the Floppy show, a children's TV program airing on WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa between 1957 and 1987. | | | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. |
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| | PCGuide - Reference Guide - Floppy Disk Drives |
| | PCGuide - Reference Guide - Floppy Disk Drives | | | It seems that either your browser does not support frames, or you have them disabled. | | | Please read the Site Guide before using this material. |
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| | Bootdisk.Com |
| | Install, Partition, And Format Your Hard Disk Drive | | | Make Your USB Hard And CDrom Drives Work In AXS The CMOS Setup And Set Your Floppy Disk To Boot | | | Driver Free Disk For BIOS Flashing 1 |
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| | Floppy Disk Project |
| | is designed to provide a central location through which Federal Data, made available on floppy diskettes, can be located and downloaded. | | | Check this box to find documents that include all search terms. |
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