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Floppy disks are (or were) typically used to transfer small documents from one computer to another, when emailing the file is not possible or would be inefficient. Floppy disks have been supplanted for the most part by newer devices like rewritable CDs and DVDs, and especially USB Flash drives. However, they are still sometimes used by people with older computers and specialized devices like cameras and digital pianos.

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