diskettes
Obsolete storage media
Diskettes are floppy disks—thin, flexible magnetic storage media housed in protective plastic casings.
The term was standard in computing from the 1970s through the 1990s, when diskettes were the primary means of transferring files between computers: Save your work to a diskette before shutting down.
Now largely obsolete, replaced by USB drives and cloud storage.
Lacking rigidity, bending easily
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- dataFacts for analysis
- driveOperate a vehicle
format · sectors · bytes · kilobytes · megabytes · read-write · DOS · boot
Garment's arm portion
- jacketSleeved upper-body covering
- shutterHinged window covering
- spindleRotating rod for thread
- hubCentral connection point
label · notch · plastic · square · thin · flexible · insert · eject
Stored data collections
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- saveProtect from loss
- transferMove between locations
- installPut into service
software · programs · applications · documents · shareware · games · drivers · WordPerfect
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- legacyWhat's passed down
- outdatedNo longer in use
- discontinuedNo longer available
superseded · archive · museum · nostalgia · eighties · nineties · obsolescence · replacement
floppy
Lacking rigidity, bending easily
drive · format · sectors · bytes · kilobytes · megabytes · read-write · DOS · boot · BIOS
sleeve
Garment's arm portion
hub · label · notch · plastic · square · thin · flexible · insert · eject · click
files
Stored data collections
install · software · programs · applications · documents · shareware · games · drivers · WordPerfect · Lotus
vintage
Quality from past eras
discontinued · superseded · archive · museum · nostalgia · eighties · nineties · obsolescence · replacement · USB
diskettescloud storage
Online data preservation service
flash memory · solid-state drives · thumb drives · SSDs · flash drives
- floppy diskettesFlexible magnetic storage media