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- noun Plural form of
diskette .
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(As a curmudgeonly aside: 3. 5-inch disks, what some once called diskettes, don't flop at all compared to their 5. 25-inch predecessors or even older 8-inch behemoths like the one you see underneath a vintage "floppy" in the above photo.)
Sony move confirms floppy disk's death, but its icon lives on 2010
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(As a curmudgeonly aside: 3. 5-inch disks, what some once called diskettes, don't flop at all compared to their 5. 25-inch predecessors or even older 8-inch behemoths like the one you see underneath a vintage "floppy" in the above photo.)
Faster Forward: Sony move confirms floppy disk's death, but its icon lives on 2010
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Ah for the good old days when we could get Word Perfect on 2 diskettes.
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How did I stuff those 3 1/2″ diskettes into my CD-ROM drive?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Quickbooks — Steadily Worse Each and Every Year 2009
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Publications included are books, booklets, pamphlets, cards, diskettes, CD, and other electronic media used for liturgical celebrations or popular participation.
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Probably the same reason we have moved away from diskettes, tapes and corded phones.
Official Google Mobile Blog: Mobile Web Calendar for iPhone and Android, now with event management 2009
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In 1993, the small independent firm, Italica Press, published its first e-book, also on HyperCard on two 800K diskettes: The Marvels of Rome for the Macintosh was an electronic edition of the celebrated medieval guide to the city.
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In 1993, the small independent firm, Italica Press, published its first e-book, also on HyperCard on two 800K diskettes: The Marvels of Rome for the Macintosh was an electronic edition of the celebrated medieval guide to the city.
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It came on 800K diskettes as Macintosh freeware, thus establishing an early precedent that would resonate in the later open-access movement.
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Practically, it required 8MB of memory, a 75MHz Pentium processor, 50 to 60 MB of hard drive space, and was distributed on either CD-ROM or diskettes.
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