Diskette

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  magnetic disc \magnetic disc\, magnetic disk \magnetic disk\n.
     A ditical memory device consisting of a flat disk covered
     with a magnetic coating on which information is stored; a
     {hard disk}, {floppy disk}, and {diskette} are typically
     magnetic disks.
  


     Syn: disk, disc.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  diskette \diskette\ n. (Computers)
     a data-storage medium consisting of a small plastic disk
     coated with a thin layer of magnetizable material on one or
     both sides, enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit.
     It is used in a specially designed disk drive, in which the
     disk is rotated at high speed, and which stores data on the
     disk by causing changes in the direction of magnetization of
     the magnetic layer as the disk spins and as sequential
     locations on the disk pass under the read-write head of the
     drive. Reading of the data occurs in the reverse process, by
     detection of the patterns of magnetization of the disk. Such
     disks are used to store data or programs for a microcomputer.
  
     Syn: floppy, floppy disk.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diskette
       n : a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope
           with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a
           microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their
           relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price"
           [syn: {floppy}, {floppy disk}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  diskette
       
          {floppy disk}