Stiffy

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  stiffy n. 3.5-inch {microfloppies}, so called because their jackets are
     more rigid than those of the 5.25-inch and the (now totally obsolete)
     8-inch floppy. Elsewhere this might be called a `firmy'. For some odd
     reason, several sources have taken the trouble to inform us that this
     term is widespread in South Africa.
  


  

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

  stiffy
       
           ({University of Lowell}, Massachusetts) A
          3.5-inch {microfloppy}, so called because their jackets are
          more rigid than those of the 5.25-inch and the (obsolete)
          8-inch {floppy disk}.  Elsewhere this might be called a
          "firmy".
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-03)