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Meaning of FLOPPY

Pronunciation:  'flâpee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [adj]  hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
 
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 Synonyms: diskette, floppy disk, lax
 
 See Also: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, disc, disk, electronic computer, information processing system, magnetic disc, magnetic disk

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Flop"py\, n.
Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.
--G. Eliot.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. A Fortran coding convention checker. A later version can generate HTML.

    See also Flow.

    ffccc posted to comp.sources.misc volume 12.

  2. floppy disk

 
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