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Because they are actually floppy disks of magnetic film. They don't seem floppy when you handle them because they're housed in a rigid plastic case that lets you slide them into your computer.
That is if you still have a floppy drive on your computer.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf you look at a floppy disc from the outside, it does not look floppy. However, when you pry open the housing, then take out the disc, you can see why it is named as it is, because the disc it 'floppy'.
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∙ 9y agoMost (all) modern computers don't have a floppy disk drive. A floppy disk can only hold a tiny amount of data, compared to modern flash/hard drives and DVD disks. It is still possible to buy an external floppy drive that can be connected to a computer via a USB connection.
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∙ 13y agoA floppy disk is called a floppy because the original floppies were 8 inches wide and the disk was made out of vinyl so they were really flimsy and "floppy" hence came the name floppy
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∙ 15y agoAs an improved method for storage and transportation of computer data.
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∙ 12y agoThey were larger with a ring in the middle and if you flopped them they would actually flop.
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Which country invented the floppy disk?
The computer floppy disk was invented in the United States.
When was the floppy disk built?
Allan Shugart invented the first floppy disk in 1967 which was 8 inches in diameter.
Who invented the floppy disk drive?
Alan Shugart
Who invented the flap disk?
Did you mean to spell Floppy disk? The floppy disk was invented by a team of IBM researchers led by Alan Shugart. The chief designer of Shugart's team was David Noble. The first floppy disks became available in 1971.
What company invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk?
Sony invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk and first sold it in 1980. ########################################################## The earliest floppy disks,WAS invented at IBM, and were 8 inches in diameter. They became commercially available in 1971.
What company invented the 3.5-inch floppy disk?
Sony invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk and first sold it in 1980. ########################################################## The earliest floppy disks,WAS invented at IBM, and were 8 inches in diameter. They became commercially available in 1971.
What year did Avril Villaranda invented the diskette?
Avril Villaranda invented the floppy disk in 1978
What floopy disk invented by IBM in 1970?
the 8-inch floppy disk which held 79.7 kilobytes.
What is floppy disk slot?
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
does a floppy disk hold information?
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
What do you use floppy disk drives for?
For putting a floppy disc in. Floppy discs were used a lot in the 1970's as CD's were not invented until the 1980's
Does a floppy disk rotate faster than a hard disk?
no the floppy disk rotate slower its because hard disk rotate faster then floppy disk
