Floppy drive terms

Floppy drive terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 50 terms like FDD, storage, format, and magnetic media. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'S' to find terms like 'secondary storage' in the 'S' section.

Definition of a computer floppy disk Definition of a computer floppy disk drive
Top 10 floppy drive terms
Storage devices Secondary storage device Tab Floppy FDD Format Disk Floppy cable Magnetic media Write protection
Number
3.5-Inch diskette 5.25-Inch diskette
A
A: Access light
B
B: Backing storage Bad sector Berg connector Bootable disk Boot sector
C
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D
Disk Disk copy Disk crash Disk density Disk drive Disk driver Disk envelope Diskette Diskette drive Disk jacket Disk notcher Disk pack Disk unit DMF Double-density disk Double-sided Disk Dual disk drive
E
Extended Density Format
F
FD FDC FDD Ferric oxide Flippy disk Floppy Floppy cable Floppy disk Floptical Format
G
GCR Group code recording
H
HD disk Head cleaning Head slot HiFD High capacity floppy disk High-density diskette
I
IDC
J
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K
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L
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M
Magnetic media Media MFM encoding MO diskette
N
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O
Offline storage
P
Preformatted
Q
Quad Density
R
Removable disk Rigid disk
S
ScanDisk Secondary storage device Single-density diskette Single-sided diskette Source data disk Storage device Store
T
Tab TPI Track
U
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V
Volume label Volume name
W
Work disk Write mode Write-protect
X
XDF
Y
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Z
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