diskette

Disk that is usually 31⁄2" in diameter; also called a floppy disk. The disk is made of a flexible piece of Mylar. When magnetized, it is able to store Bits on tracks (circles) on one side if a single-sided floppy disk or on two sides if it is a double-sided disk. A floppy disk has sectors that divide each track into sections. Floppy disks are used with floppy disk drives. The latter write information onto diskettes, read the information, or erase it. Floppy disks can be double-density or high-density. A high-density floppy disk stores more Bytes than a double-density one.

IN BRIEF: n. - a small square plastic device for magnetic storage of computer data.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
  Synonyms: floppy, floppy disk

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - diskette

Nederlands (Dutch)
diskette

Français (French)
n. - (Comput) disquette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diskette

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τεχνολ.) δισκέτα Η/Υ

Italiano (Italian)
dischetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - disquete (m)

Русский (Russian)
дискета

Español (Spanish)
n. - disquete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - diskett

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
磁盘, 磁碟

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 磁片, 磁碟

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외부 기억용의 플라스틱제 자기 원판

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フロッピーディスク, ディスケット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قرص متحرك صغير خارجي ( يستعمل لحفظ الملفات في الحاسوب)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תקליטון, דיסקט‬

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