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A floppy disk, or diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles. They are read and written by a floppy disk drive (FDD).
Floppy disks, initially as 8-inch (200 mm) media and later in 5.25-inch (133 mm) and 3.5-inch (89 mm) sizes, were a ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange from the mid-1970s well into the first decade of the 21st century.[1]
By 2010, computer motherboards were rarely manufactured with floppy drive support; 3 1⁄2" floppies could be used as an external USB drive, but 5 1⁄4", 8", and non-standard drives could only be handled by old equipment.
While floppy disk drives still have some limited uses, especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have been superseded by data storage methods with much greater capacity, such as USB flash drives, portable external hard disk drives, optical discs, memory cards, and computer networks.
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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 the definition for a floppy drive?
A floppy drive is an I/O device that uses removable magnetic media coated on a film similar to magnetic recording tape, but formed into a disc shape within a holder.
You have floppy disks can you rewrite or recopy on them?
Given that you have a floppy disc drive then yes you can.
What is a legacy computer storage device?
Floppy disc drive.
When was the floppy disc introduced to computers?
In 1970 the eight inch floppy disk drive was introduced by IBM.
What is the definition of a floppy disk drive?
A piece of hardware to read and write floppy disks.
Can you name five data storage devices?
Hard drive, Flash drive, Disc drive (cd), a camera memory card and a device not used any more is the Floppy disc drive
What are concentric circles on a floppy disk or hard drive called?
Track on afloppy disc
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.
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.
What does a loud pulsating humming coming from your floppy disk drive mean?
If there is a floppy disc in the drive, it means, it is being read to / from. To stop the noise, simply eject the disc. (Making sure that what ever program using the floppy has finished with)Hope this helps, if I can help any more, please don't hesitate to shout.Be safeNigeCadishead Computers
