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floppy disk

a data storage device in which data is stored on a vinyl disk which is inserted in a COMPUTER'S disk drive to enable the computer to ‘read’ the information contained on it or to ‘write’ information onto it.

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The typing room has three Apple IIGS's, and we can attach a 3.5" floppy disk drive to them."

Desktop Learning: one of desktop publishing's best features is its flexibility. It can be as sophisticated as you want--or, like this classroom venture, simple and relatively inexpensive

Hard drives hold more information than a floppy disk drive. The bigger the hard drive, the more information that can be stored and the faster it can be processed.

Getting started in computer-assisted journalism

The controller has a 33 MHz 80386-based CPU with a 3.5" 1.44 MByte floppy disk drive and a high resolution color monitor.

S-parameter test station for production testing of multi-state microwave devices

The package includes an auger-style chip conveyor, programmable coolant nozzle, 16mn program memory, Visual Quick Code programming, floppy disk drive, spindle orientation, 4th-axis drive, coordinate rotation/scaling, user-definable macros, remote jog handle, and high-speed machining software.

High-performance vertical machining center

Data storage is provided by PCMCIA interface and a 1.4MB floppy disk drive. A 100MB zip drive is also provided on the Plus version.

Solution for wastewater regulatory reporting problems

Many students actually have a MIDI keyboard with a floppy disk drive at home.

Random access: do your students take their teacher home?

Dubbed the 'SUV of Laptops', the FieldGo S1 from Broadbax Systems is a self-contained mobile computer that boasts a 2.8 GHz Intel processor (although other options are available), 2 GB of SDRam and three drive bays for either 7200 or 10,000 rpm hard discs, DVD or DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW drives, a hard-to-believe-they're-still-around floppy disk drive and two full-length expansion slots for user-specific requirements.

Go-go-go with laptop SUV. (Digest)

Last week, Dell announced there's no longer a role to play for the humble 3.5' floppy disk drive in its high-end PCs.

e-business: After 30 years Dell sounds the death knell for the floppy disk

After the transfer is complete it may be worth attempting to select a saved website from the floppy disk drive, just to make doubly sure that the save was successful.

bobdotcom: Bytes & PCs Help Desk

It features a 1.67 GHz AMD Athlon processor, 256M of RAM, a massive 80GB hard drive, a CD-RW, DVD drive, and a floppy disk drive. The PC ships with Windows HP Home Edition and is equipped to handle heavy office productivity or multimedia tasks (www.emachines.com; $649.99).

More room to store. (B.E. Reviews)

The CY4616 is a small mobile storage device that can be used to replace a floppy disk drive for portable storage.