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What was the floppy disc used for?

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Updated: 8/18/2019

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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.


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what is a floppy disc


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Although they're not used any more - that would be a floppy-disc


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Is a floppy disc an input or output device?

A Floppy disc is a input device.


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Which disc holds only 1.44 megabytes?

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Yes, it takes longer to load from a floppy disk.


How do you clear a floppy disc?

you can format


Is a floppy disc a file?

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