Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dated)A floppy disk.

    Diskette, Floppy Disc

    диске́таdiskéta

  2. (Rhodesia, South Africa, slang)An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.

  3. (informal)A comic book.

More definitions
  • a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer

Examples

20 sentences
  1. You mustn't format this floppy disk.

    Не треба форматувати цей жорсткий диск. — deniko

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  2. It fits on a single floppy disk.

    Це вміщується на одну дискету. — rmdas

    ruЭто умещается на одной дискете. — odexed

    deEs passt auf eine einzige Diskette. — Melang

  3. This computer has a 3½″ floppy drive.

    deDieser Rechner hat ein 3½″-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Make that floppy uncopiable, just in case.

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  5. This computer has a floppy disk drive.

    ruВ этом компьютере есть дисковод для гибких дисков. — odexed

    deDieser Rechner verfügt über ein Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
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Forms

plural: floppies
Singularfloppy
Pluralfloppies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer:diskettefloppy disk

Word family

8 related words

See also

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