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💾 Floppy Disk
A 3.5-inch floppy disk, a data storage format popular in the 1980–90s but largely preserved as a Save icon in computer programs. Shown with its silver shutter positioned up and in a black housing with a white label, accented with blue or red. Occasionally used for various content concerning computers, including nostalgia for old technology, as well as to represent electronic saving.
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💾 Floppy Disk
Also known as: 3.5″ Disk, Disk
Unicode: U+1F4BE
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Version Information
Emoji Version: 1.0
Unicode Version: 6.0
Keywords
computerdiskfloppy
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| github | :floppy_disk: | |
| slack | :floppy_disk: | |
| discord | :floppy_disk: |
How It's Used in Language
Nouns
- A reusable magnetic storage medium. The floppy disk used today is the rigid 3.5-inch microfloppy that holds 1.44 MB. It is called floppy because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets.
- A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.
- Disk storage medium
- A very small disk (in any of many contexts)
- A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks.
- A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
- A floppy disk that can hold up to 1.44 MB.
- Small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
- A floppy disk, also called a diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles.
- A magnetic data storage device using a flexible disc
- A floppy disk
- A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
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