Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floppy disk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: flop-py disk
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

Example Sentences

"A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled."
"The floppy disk itself is a magnetically coated flexible plastic disk which is mounted in a protective envelope and can be used as a mass data storage medium."

Inflected Forms

floppy disks (plural) floppy disc (alternative)

Phrases

floptical disk flippy disk flippy diskette floppy disk drive

Frequently Paired Words

flippy disk flippy diskette floppy disk drive 💾

Synonyms

disk diskette floppy floppy diskette

Questions

What does floppy disk mean?: A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

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