microfloppy
Three-and-a-half inch
A microfloppy is the 3.5-inch floppy disk that became standard for personal computers in the late 1980s and 1990s, replacing the larger 5.25-inch disks.
Despite the rigid plastic case, the term floppy persisted because the magnetic disk inside remained flexible.
Microfloppy disks typically held 1.44 megabytes of data—generous at the time but now quaint.
The format became obsolete by the mid-2000s as CDs, USB drives, and network storage took over.
Common diskette width
- diskettePortable magnetic storage medium
- portableAble to be carried
- removableCapable of being detached
- plasticCapable of being molded
case · shutter · notch · double-sided · high-density · formatted · preformatted · insertion
Operate a vehicle
- controllerDevice directing a system
- interfaceShared connection point
- insertPlace within another thing
- ejectThrow out forcibly
read · write · access · load · LED · slot · mechanism · peripheral
Protect from loss
- filesStored data collections
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- archiveStored historical records
- capacityMaximum amount containable
megabyte · kilobyte · byte · data · documents · spreadsheets · record · retrieval
Allows data modification
- headUppermost body part
- trackPath or monitored route
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- encodingConverting data to format
flux · magnetization · oxide · coating · spindle · motor · disk · formatting
3.5-inch
Common diskette width
- diskettePortable magnetic storage medium
- portableAble to be carried
- removableCapable of being detached
plastic · case · shutter · notch · double-sided · high-density · formatted · preformatted · insertion · eject
drive
Operate a vehicle
- controllerDevice directing a system
- interfaceShared connection point
- insertPlace within another thing
eject · read · write · access · load · LED · slot · mechanism · peripheral · external
save
Protect from loss
capacity · megabyte · kilobyte · byte · data · documents · spreadsheets · record · retrieval · medium
read-write
Allows data modification
encoding · flux · magnetization · oxide · coating · spindle · motor · disk · formatting · errors
superseded
Replaced by something newer
- discontinuedNo longer available
- legacyWhat's passed down
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · relic · outdated · deprecated · CD-ROM · USB · nostalgic · collector · museum · 1980s
microfloppycloud storage
Online data preservation service
solid-state drive · SSD · hard drive · thumb drive · USB flash drive
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