3.5-inch

Old floppy dimension

3.5-inch describes something measuring three and a half inches, most commonly the standard floppy disk format that dominated personal computing from the mid-1980s through the 1990s: I found a box of old 3.5-inch disks in the basement.

The measurement also appears in hardware specifications for hard drives designed to fit standard desktop computer bays.

storage

floppy disk

Flexible magnetic storage medium

magnetic · data storage · obsolete · vintage computing · disk drive · save icon · IBM · DOS · file transfer · backup

display

screen

Display or barrier

retina · resolution · compact · touchscreen · handheld · mobile · portable · pixel density · aspect ratio · OLED

measurement

diameter

Distance across through center

circumference · gauge · span · radius · size · specification · standard · aperture · bore · caliber

Opposites
floppy disk format size

3.5-inchlarge format

Exceeding typical dimensions

physical dimension scale

3.5-inchmassive

Extremely large and heavy

enormous · full-size · large-scale · giant

display/screen size

3.5-inchwall-mounted

Fixed to vertical surface

theater screen

Family

inch, inches, inching, inched

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G