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A few years ago, before there were CDs and USB flashdrives, data to be stored on removable media was stored on "floppies" the most recent of these was square three and a half inches on an edge (hence the 3.5 name) about one tenth of an inch thick stiff plastic case surrounding a flimsy (hence the name "floppy") magnetically covered mylar disc. These were most commonly formatted to hold 1.44Mb (there are a huge number of formats, sizes etc. for removable media look it up on Wikipedia)
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∙ 12y agoA few years ago, before there were CDs and USB flashdrives, data to be stored on removable media was stored on "floppies" the most recent of these was square three and a half inches on an edge (hence the 3.5 name) about one tenth of an inch thick stiff plastic case surrounding a flimsy (hence the name "floppy") magnetically covered mylar disc. These were most commonly formatted to hold 1.44Mb (there are a huge number of formats, sizes etc. for removable media look it up on Wikipedia)
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∙ 15y agoMagnetic material. The typical formatted capacities are 720 KB, 1440 KB (2880 KB).
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∙ 11y ago1.44mb
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When was the first floppy disc?
The first floppy disc was a 8-inch- IBM 23FD which was a read only was first introduced in 1971 its storage capacity was 79.7KB. Floppy disks were mostly referred to with imperial measurements,
How do you put a floppy disk in a PC?
In order to use a floppy disc you need to have a floppy disc drive.These days most computers don't have them at all, as they are so old floppy discs are hard to find..and the maximum capacity of a floppy disc is only 1.44Mb. I recently tried to buy some , but I couldn't find any at 15 different computer shops
What is a floppy dics?
what is a floppy disc
Is a floppy disc an input or output device?
A Floppy disc is a input device.
Why Arrange compact disc,hard disk,digital versatile disc,pen drive,floppy disk in descending order of access speed and storage capacity.?
Y
When were floppy drives first invented?
The floppy disc drive was invented at IBM in 1967. It used 8" floppy discs. The first floppy disc drive in an IBM personal computer appeared in 1981. By this time the original 8" floppy disc had been replace by a 5.25" disc.
What is a zip drive?
A zip drive is a storage device similar to a floppy disc but of a larger capacity, 100, 250 or 750 megabytes.
Which disc holds only 1.44 megabytes?
A floppy disc
What are the weaknesses of a floppy disc?
Low capacity; only 1.4 MB. Slow data transfer speed Can not use long time, ie. they become corrupt unexpectedly. Most new computers do not have a floppy drive.
The floppy disk can be used to store over 5 megabytes of data?
A standard floppy disk can hold a maximum of 1.44MB. This is comprised of 720kb of data on both sides of the platter. Some floppy disk drives can read disks of upto 2.88MB in capacity.
How do you clear a floppy disc?
you can format
Is a floppy disc a file?
Yes.
