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Removable disk storage medium
A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed
Floppy_disk
common generations of floppy disks (and drives), many other floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout
Floppy_disk_variants
Circuitry that controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive
A floppy disk controller (FDC) is a hardware component that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive (FDD). It
Floppy_disk_controller
A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a thin and flexible magnetic storage medium encased in a rectangular plastic carrier. It is read and
History_of_the_floppy_disk
Computer storage bus
Each generation of floppy disk drive (FDD) began with a variety of incompatible interfaces but soon evolved into one de facto standard interface for the
Floppy_disk_drive_interface
This is a list of different floppy disk formats. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, many different logical disk formats were used, depending on the hardware
List_of_floppy_disk_formats
Video game console peripheral
proprietary floppy disks called "Disk Cards" for more affordable data storage and adds a high-fidelity sound channel to enhance audio in compatible Disk System
Famicom_Disk_System
Process of preparing a data storage device for initial use
Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk, memory card or USB flash
Disk_formatting
General category of storage mechanisms
the floppy disk drive (FDD) and its removable floppy disk; and various optical disc drives (ODD) and associated optical disc media. (The spelling disk and
Disk_storage
File format representing a virtual hard disk drive
virtual machines do not emulate a floppy controller and do not support floppy disk images. VHDX (Virtual Hard Disk v2) is the successor format to VHD
VHD_(file_format)
Data storage device
supplementary back-ups, and transferring of computer files. Compared with floppy disks or CDs, they are smaller, faster, have significantly more capacity, and
USB_flash_drive
Discontinued brand of Sony cameras
Mavipak 2.0" disks (later adopted industry-wide as the Video Floppy and labelled "VF") were used to write 50 still frames onto tracks on disk. The pictures
Sony_Mavica
Exchangeable computer storage medium
inserted and removed from a system. Most early removable media, such as floppy disks and optical discs, require a dedicated read/write device (i.e. a drive)
Removable_media
Computer file consisting of the contents of a storage device
protected floppy disks. Disk image creation is called disk imaging and is often time consuming, even with a fast computer, because the entire disk must be
Disk_image
Japanese inventor (born 1928)
the IBM floppy disk patent. Since the paper was 'floppy' material, he claims he had invented the floppy disk (sometimes he uses the phrase "floppy media");
Yoshiro_Nakamatsu
1977 microcomputer by Tandy Corporation
can be expanded with up to 48 KB of RAM, and up to four floppy disk drives and/or hard disk drives. Tandy/Radio Shack provided full-service support including
TRS-80
1977–1993 series of microcomputers
series eventually supported over 1,500 software programs. When the Disk II floppy disk drive was released in 1978, a new operating system, Apple DOS, was
Apple_II
Removable cartridge disk storage system
standard floppy drive.[verification needed] Zip disk housings are similar to but slightly larger than those of standard 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disks. In the
Zip_drive
Family of standardized home computer architectures released between 1983 and 1992
(the floppy disk drive interface), connected to an external case with the drive. In South America, many of these systems used a 5.25 in (133 mm) floppy disk
MSX
Floppy disk drive for the Apple II computer
The Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem, often rendered as Disk ][, is a 5 +1⁄4-inch floppy disk drive designed by Steve Wozniak at the recommendation of Mike
Disk_II
Device or computer program used for writing and editing documents
before the arrival of the personal computer (PC), IBM developed the floppy disk. In the 1970s, the first proper word-processing systems appeared, which
Word_processor
Line of home computers from Atari Corporation
built-in double-sided floppy disk drive, but without RF modulator 1040STFM a 520STFM with 1 MB of RAM and a built-in double-sided floppy disk drive with RF modulator
Atari_ST
Video storage format
It consists of a 2-inch magnetic floppy disk used to store still frames of composite analog video. A video floppy could store up to 25 frames either
Video_Floppy
First model of Apple's Macintosh computer line
single-sided 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disk drive, with no option to add any further internal storage, like a hard drive or additional floppy disk drive. The system
Macintosh_128K
A floppy disk hardware emulator or semi-virtual diskette (SVD) is a device that emulates a floppy disk drive with a solid state or network storage device
Floppy_disk_hardware_emulator
External floppy disk drive by Apple
The Macintosh External Disk Drive is the original model in a series of external 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disk drives manufactured and sold by Apple Computer
Macintosh_External_Disk_Drive
Home computers produced by Amstrad
integrated storage device, either a compact cassette deck or 3-inch floppy disk drive. The main units were only sold bundled with either a colour, green-screen
Amstrad_CPC
magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. Both the hard disk drive (HDD) and floppy disk drive
History of IBM magnetic disk drives
History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives
Memory card format
floppy disk. Indeed, the format was originally named Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC), and the physical design resembles a miniature 3.5" floppy disk
SmartMedia
Since the invention of the floppy disk drive, various standardized form factors have been used in computing systems. Standardized form factors and interface
List of disk drive form factors
List_of_disk_drive_form_factors
Discontinued family of computer operating systems
system, equipped with a Shugart Associates 8-inch floppy-disk drive interfaced via a custom floppy-disk controller. It was written in Kildall's own PL/M
CP/M
BIOS interrupt call for disk access
interrupt handler at this vector that provides sector-based hard disk and floppy disk read and write services using cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addressing
INT_13H
Storage medium from Imation
The SuperDisk LS-120 is a high-speed, high-capacity alternative to the 90 mm (3.5 in), 1.44 MB floppy disk. The SuperDisk hardware was created by 3M's
SuperDisk
8-bit home computer introduced in 1982
be believed", while criticizing the use of Commodore BASIC 2.0, the floppy disk performance which is "even slower than the Atari 810 drive", and Commodore's
Commodore_64
Controller for disk storage, usually integrated into the drive
A disk controller is a controller circuit that enables a CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. It also provides
Disk_controller
American computer peripheral manufacturer
that dominated the floppy disk drive market in the late 1970s and is famous for introducing the 5+1⁄4-inch "Minifloppy" floppy disk drive. In 1979 it was
Shugart_Associates
Data storage device
double-sided disk is a disk of which both sides are used to store data. Early floppy disks only used one surface for recording. The term single-sided disk was
Double-sided_disk
the Amiga computer. DMS creates a compressed image of an entire floppy disk. The disk is read block-by-block, and thus its data structure is maintained
Disk_Masher_System
Alphabetical assignment to logical drives on computers (e.g., C:\)
letter A: to the first floppy disk drive (drive 0), and B: to the second floppy disk drive (drive 1). If only one physical floppy is present, drive B: will
Drive_letter_assignment
Class of microcomputers
Exatron Stringy Floppy, a continuous-loop tape drive which was much faster than a data cassette drive and could perform much like a floppy disk drive. It was
Home_computer
Personal computer by Apple Inc.
for its lack of third-party software, unreliable FileWare ("Twiggy") floppy disks, and its high, workstation-level price. The Lisa's CPU and storage performance
Apple_Lisa
Computer storage interface standard
connection is used for computer storage such as hard disks, high-capacity floppy disk variants, optical disks, and tape. The standard is maintained by the X3/INCITS
Parallel_ATA
IBM PC compatible home computer system
31⁄2-inch floppy disk drive (720 KB) was installed as a mass storage device. An external 31⁄2-inch floppy disk drive with 720 KB (FD720), a 51⁄4-inch floppy disk
Schneider_Euro_PC
Type of floppy disk drive
type of floppy disk drive that combines magnetic and optical technologies to store data on media similar to standard 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disks. The name
Floptical
Computer operating system
two years earlier it had been slow to adapt CP/M for new floppy disk formats and hard disk drives. In April 1980, SCP assigned 24-year-old Tim Paterson
86-DOS
1980 business-oriented personal computer
25-inch floppy disk drive. Graphics modes include 560x192 in black and white, and 280x192 with 16 colors or shades of gray. Unlike the Apple II, the Disk III
Apple_III
Fourth model of Apple's Macintosh computer line
external floppy disk drive may also be connected, making the SE the only Macintosh besides the Macintosh Portable which could support three floppy drives
Macintosh_SE
Encoding methods for representing data on magnetic media
others are similar encoding methods used in mainframe hard disks or microcomputer floppy disks until the late 1980s. GCR is a modified form of a NRZI code
Group_coded_recording
Commodore floppy disk drive
The Commodore 1581 is a 3½-inch double-sided double-density floppy disk drive that was released by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1987, primarily
Commodore_1581
Single-chip version of the floppy disk controller for the Apple II
single-chip version of the floppy disk controller for the Apple II. It was also employed in Macintosh computers. When developing a floppy drive for the Apple
Integrated_Woz_Machine
File format used by Amiga computers
Amiga Disk File (ADF) is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of floppy disks, a single hard disk volumes (partitions) or
Amiga_Disk_File
Home video game console
robot. In Japan, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System add-on to distribute games on floppy disks, although it gradually reduced support for the peripheral
Nintendo_Entertainment_System
Microcomputer virus
written. It attached itself to the Apple II operating system and spread by floppy disk. It was written around 1982 by programmer and entrepreneur Rich Skrenta
Elk_Cloner
Raw disk image
format to read and write floppy disk images ImDisk and Virtual Floppy Drive can mount a raw image of a floppy disk to emulate a floppy drive under Microsoft
IMG_(file_format)
Operating system focused on disk-based file operations
A disk operating system (DOS) is a computer operating system that requires a hard disk (HDD), floppy disk, solid-state drive (SSD), or other direct-access
Disk_operating_system
Floppy disk drive for the Commodore 64
floppy disk drive which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore's most popular home computer. The best-known floppy
Commodore_1541
Second model of Apple's Macintosh computer line
800 KB floppy disk drive as well as the Hard Disk 20, the first Macintosh hard disk from Apple, attaching to the floppy disk port. The Hard Disk 20 required
Macintosh_512K
Second generation of personal computers by IBM
innovations, such as the 16550 UART (serial port), 1440 KB 3.5-inch floppy disk format, 72-pin SIMMs, PS/2 mouse and keyboard port, and VGA, went on
IBM_PS/2
Electro-mechanical data storage device
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical computer data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data
Hard_disk_drive
1986 IBM PC boot sector computer virus
boot sector of a floppy disk with a copy of the virus. The real boot sector is moved to another sector and marked as bad. Infected disks usually have five
Brain_(computer_virus)
Personal computer by Commodore
a 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disk drive. The user can also install up to three external floppy drives, either 3+1⁄2- or 5+1⁄4-inch, via the disk drive port. The
Amiga_500
Multiple of the unit byte
definition used to describe the formatted capacity of the 1.44 MB 3.5-inch HD floppy disk, which actually has a capacity of 1474560bytes. Randomly addressable
Megabyte
1981 American microcomputer model
with one or two 5.25″ floppy disk drives, storing 160 KB per disk side for a total of 320 KB of storage on one disk. The floppy drives require a controller
IBM_Personal_Computer
American film and camera company (1937–2002)
sales to South Africa. In 1985, Polaroid had its own brand of 5+1⁄4-inch floppy disks, and also a data recovery service. In 1987, The New York Times described
Polaroid_Corporation
A self-booting disk is a floppy disk for home computers or personal computers that starts up directly into a standalone application when the system is
Self-booting_disk
Technology for maintenance of file systems
relevant to file systems on electromechanical disk drives (hard disk drives, floppy disk drives and optical disk media). The movement of the hard drive's read/write
Defragmentation
Series of PCs by NEC, sold primarily in Japan
density 5+1⁄4-inch and 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disks use the same logical format and data rate as 1232 KB 8-inch floppy disks. They became a non-standard format
PC-98
Storage density for magnetic disks
Disk density is a capacity designation on magnetic storage, usually floppy disks. Each designation describes a set of characteristics that can affect the
Disk_density
keys and 11 numeric keys (in separate blocks), a 32-character screen, a floppy disk (capacity - 140,000 characters), a thermal printer (speed - 28 characters/second)
History_of_laptops
Computer released in 1984
setup program in ROM rather than on disk. The standard floppy drive was upgraded to a 1.2 MB 5+1⁄4 inch floppy disk drive (15 sectors of 512 bytes, 80
IBM_Personal_Computer_AT
1985–1998 series of personal computers
in 1995). In all models, the monitor's casing contains the CPU, RAM, floppy disk drives, and power supply for all of the systems' components. All models
Amstrad_PCW
Floppy disk drive
The X-10 Fastcache Floppy Drive was a 1996 floppy disk drive that read 3.5-inch floppies at ten times the speed of a standard floppy drive. The drive was
X10_accelerated_floppy_drive
Firmware for hardware initialization and OS runtime services
configuration program on floppy disk, not in the ROM, to set the configuration options contained in this memory. The floppy disk was supplied with the computer
BIOS
Microsoft computer operating system
targeted at Intel 8086 processors running on computer hardware using floppy disks to store and access not only the operating system, but application software
MS-DOS
1992 personal computer
that had been sold for two years prior. It also came with a modified PC floppy disk drive that is incompatible with some Amiga software. The A1200 was finally
Amiga_1200
KryoFlux is a hardware and software solution for preserving software on floppy disks. It was developed by the Software Preservation Society. KryoFlux consists
KryoFlux
1989 video game
to 2017, the game was thought to be lost because there were no known floppy disk copies left, and since the game was distributed through BBS, it was unlikely
Caper_in_the_Castro
Software anti-piracy campaign
his blank floppy disk into the Apple Macintosh LC, a video pops up on the computer. This video is of a rapper named MC Double Def DP, the "Disk Protector"
Don't_Copy_That_Floppy
1982 DEC microcomputer
Zilog Z80 was used for floppy disk access. The 8088 bus was used for control of all other subsystems, including graphics, hard disk access, and communications
Rainbow_100
using the C64 as a server to the host for accessing floppy disks or using the host as a hard disk server for the C64. Over5 was developed in ????-2002
Commodore 64 disk and tape emulation
Commodore_64_disk_and_tape_emulation
Chipset used in Amiga personal computer
Paula also handles interrupts and various I/O functions including the floppy disk drive, the serial port, and analog joysticks. There are many similarities –
Amiga_Original_Chip_Set
Floppy disk or optical disk drive made by Apple
a floppy disk drive and later an optical disc drive made and marketed by Apple Inc. The name was initially used for Apple's high-density floppy disk drive
SuperDrive
Removable disk from which a computer can boot an operating system
Bootable floppy disks ("boot floppies") for PCs usually contain DOS or miniature versions of Linux. The most commonly available floppy disk can hold only
Boot_disk
British artist from London (born 1980)
VHS cassettes, X-rays, and floppy disks. "These objects are no longer in the spotlight," the artist has said of floppy disks, "but by placing them there
Nick_Gentry
Linux distribution
for "Tom's floppy which has a root filesystem and is also bootable." Its author, Tom Oehser, touts it as "The most GNU/Linux on one floppy disk", containing
Tomsrtbt
Personal computer by Apple Computer
faster than the Plus and included an Apple SuperDrive 3.5-inch (9 cm) floppy disk drive as standard. Unlike the Macintosh SE/30 and other compact Macs
Macintosh_Classic
compatibility with the VIC-20 and Commodore PET. In the United States, the 1541 floppy disk drive was widespread. By contrast, in Europe, the C64 was often used
Commodore_64_peripherals
Operating system
i586 CPUs or newer. KolibriOS is small sized and fits on a single 3.5" floppy disk; despite this, it features a full graphical user interface, preemptive
KolibriOS
Floppy disk controller
The FD1771, sometimes WD1771, is a floppy disk controller chip, the first in a line of floppy disk controllers produced by Western Digital. It uses single
Western_Digital_FD1771
Personal computer by Apple
compact Macintosh, and the last desktop Macintosh to include an external floppy disk drive port. Apple discontinued support for the Classic II on January
Macintosh_Classic_II
Topics referred to by the same term
up floppy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Floppy usually refers to a floppy disk. Floppy may also refer to: Floppy-disk controller The Floppy Show
Floppy_(disambiguation)
Recording of data on a magnetizable medium
matter of preference. Other examples of magnetic storage media include floppy disks, magnetic tape, and magnetic stripes on credit cards.[citation needed]
Magnetic_storage
WPcom in the literature) is a technical aspect of the design of hard disks, floppy disks and other digital magnetic recording devices. It is the modification
Write_precompensation
Bootstrap firmware used by Amiga computers
of AmigaOS and then attempt to boot from a bootable volume, such as a floppy disk. Most Amiga models were shipped with the Kickstart firmware stored on
Kickstart_(Amiga)
Personal computer system
Commodore 2031 single disk drive (170 KB single-sided 5.25-inch format) Commodore 2040/3040 dual disk drives – The initial dual floppy disk drive units. 2040
Commodore_PET
MS-DOS software to copy floppy disks
VGA-Copy is an MS-DOS program to copy floppy disks. It is able to read defective floppy disks. VGA-Copy was created by the German software developer Thomas
VGA-Copy
American data storage company
patent for the first disk array sub system and in the same year, they launched their first ever data storage device: a floppy disk controller named FD
Western_Digital
Series of devices
produced by the American company SmartDisk, which allowed a variety of memory cards to be used in a 3.5" Floppy disk drive. The initial version introduced
FlashPath
IBM PC compatible home computer system
has a 3.5" internal floppy disk drive mounted in a 5.25" bay with room for an optional second internal 3.5" or 5.25" floppy disk drive. The rear panel
Tandy_1000
Floppy drive by Apple
FileWare floppy disk drives and diskettes were designed by Apple Computer as a higher-performance alternative to the Disk II and Disk III floppy systems
Apple_FileWare
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
Girl/Female
American, German, Latin
Flowering; Flourishing; Flower; Blossom
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Jamaican, Latin
Poppy; Flower Name; From the Flower
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English popy ‘poppy’, possibly applied as a nickname for someone with bright red hair or a ruddy complexion.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly in Somerset or Wiltshire, where the surname is clustered, but perhaps a variant of Lopham, a habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so named from an Old English personal name Loppa + hÄm ‘homestead’.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic FlaithrÃ, FLORRY means "prince-king." Compare with feminine Florry.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Poppy
Girl/Female
Latin American
The mythological Roman goddess of flowers. Diminutive of Florence: From 'florentius' or...
Female
English
English name derived from the flower name, from Latin papaver, which may be a reduplication of the base *pap-, POPPY means "to swell."Â
Female
Hebrew
(×›Ö¼Ö·×œÖ¼Ö¸× Ö´×™×ª) Hebrew name for the Anemone coronaria native to the Mediterranean region, derived from the word kalanit, KALANIT means "poppy anemone."
Girl/Female
American, Assamese, British, Danish, English, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu
To Flow; Stream; Flowing; River; Earth; Successful; Poppy; Singer
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Florrie, FLORRY means "blossoming." Compare with masculine Florry.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Bristol)
English (chiefly Bristol) : from Middle English clop(pe) ‘lump’, ‘hillock’ (from Old English clopp(a)), applied either as a topographic name or as a nickname for a large and ungainly person.Variant spelling of German Klapp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fleury.German variant of the Huguenot name Fleury (see Flory).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old English clopp(a) ‘rock’, ‘hill’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
Girl/Female
Latin English
Flower.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Australian, British, Christian, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Telugu
Poppy; Earth; In Greek Myth; Rhea was an Earth Mother; Following; Victor; To Flow; River; Stream; Flower Name for Poppy; Warrior
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian
Poppy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fleury.Swiss German : variant of Flory 2.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
A Flower; Poppy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fleury.German form of a French Huguenot name, taken to the Palatinate by a family presumed to have fled from Fleury, France (but see Fleury).South German (mainly Austrian; also Flöry) : from a short form of the medieval personal name Florian.Joseph J. (1683–1741) and Mary Fleure and six children (including four sons) arrived in Philadelphia from the Palatinate in 1733 and settled in Lancaster Co. Two sons are the progenitors of the PA and MD Florys. One son moved to VA; his descendants Latinized their name as Flora.
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
Girl/Female
Biblical
The mouth of all, or every tongue.
Boy/Male
Biblical
The curse of trembling.
Girl/Female
American, Christian, Hebrew, Indian, Swedish, Telugu
Avenged or Judged and Vindicated; Justified; Decoration; Valley; Spear Ruler
Boy/Male
Irish
The Irish form of Thomas, a biblical name meaning “â€twin.â€â€
Boy/Male
Tamil
Shanmughan | ஷாநà¯à®®à¯à®•ந
Lord Subramanyan
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Protector
Boy/Male
Indian
Energetic, Dynamic, Lively, Active
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Laurel
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Worship; Praise; Reverence
Girl/Female
Tamil
Letters
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
FLOPPY DISK
a.
Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
n.
See 2d Poppy.
superl.
Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.
n.
Sloppy mud.
imp. & p. p.
of Flop
v. i.
To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
a.
Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy.
a.
Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.
pl.
of Poppy
a.
Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.
a.
Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.
a.
Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.
n.
Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.
a.
Abounding with shops.
a.
Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.
a.
Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.
a.
Slippery.
a.
Wet; sloppy, as land.
n.
The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.