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> Going in the other direction, prior to the 5 1/4" disk drive (a true "floppy" disk) The “floppy disk” is named for the round mylar storage medium inside the
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> Going in the other direction, prior to the 5 1/4" disk drive (a true "floppy" disk)
The “floppy disk” is named for the round mylar storage medium inside the square casing, which is both floppy and a disk in all the sizes they came in, not the square casing, which, while somewhat flexible in 8” and 5¼” sizes, is not really floppy, and absolutely not a disk, for any of them.
- shiroiushi 2y ago>not the square casing, which, while somewhat flexible in 8” and 5¼” sizes, is not really floppy, and absolutely not a disk, for any of them. Not true. The square casing plus the circular thing inside was absolutely a "disk". But it was not a "disc". The thing inside was a "disc".
- mkl 2y agoDepends where you're from. In American English, both are disks: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disk#Usage_notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disk#Usage_notes