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floppy diskIn computing, a storage device consisting of a light, flexible disk enclosed in a cardboard or plastic jacket. The disk is placed in a disk drive, where it rotates at high speed. Data are recorded magnetically on one or both surfaces. Floppy disks were invented by IBM in 1971 as a means of loading programs into a computer. They were originally 20 cm/8 in in diameter and typically held about 240 kilobytes of data. Present-day floppy disks, widely used on microcomputers, are 8.8 cm/3.5 in in diameter, and generally hold up to 2 megabytes, depending on the disk formatting. Floppy disks are inexpensive, and light enough to send through the post, but have slower access speeds and are more fragile than hard disks. The use of floppy disks is increasingly being replaced by the higher capacity and more robust memory stick or pen-drive. (See also disk.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Once the student completes segments of the games, the teacher can insert the diskette into his or her computer and analyze results through line graphs, group charts, pie charts and bar charts. If one is leaving a relationship, it is vitally important to make hard copies, or copies on a diskette or CD, of any important files, and then to delete them from the computer and empty the computer's "recycle bin" or "trash. This 260-page book and diskette walk you through the entire competition process, beginning with identifying potential target functions or activities and ending with performance monitoring of the selected service provider. |
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