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  2. Floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk.

  3. File:Floppy disk internal diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Diagram illustrating the basic internal parts of a 3.5" floppy disk. Document labels rendered as numbers to aid in internationalization. Note: The unlabeled square in the upper left is the approximate location of the write protection tab.

  4. File:Floppy disk internal diagram corrected.svg - Wikipedia

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  5. Disk storage - Wikipedia

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    A disk drive is a device implementing such a storage mechanism. Notable types are hard disk drives (HDD), containing one or more non-removable rigid platters; the floppy disk drive (FDD) and its removable floppy disk; and various optical disc drives (ODD) and associated optical disc media.

  6. Computer data storage - Wikipedia

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    Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data. It is a core function and fundamental component of computers. [1]: 15–16 The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer is

  7. Removable media - Wikipedia

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    The first floppy disk was developed under the supervision of Alan Shugart in the late 1960s. The floppy disk was not introduced to the public until the 1970s by IBM. But, like any man-made product the floppy disk came with its pros and cons, such as it being cheap and portable while also having severely limited data storage. [citation needed]

  8. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    A disk drive is a device implementing such a storage mechanism. Notable types are the hard disk drive (HDD) containing a non-removable disk, the floppy disk drive (FDD) and its removable floppy disk, and various optical disc drives (ODD) and associated optical disc media. distributed computing A field of computer science that studies ...

  9. History of the floppy disk - Wikipedia

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    Drawings from IBM Floppy Disk Drive Patents. IBM's decision in the late 1960s to use semiconductor memory as the writeable control store for future systems and control units created a requirement for an inexpensive and reliable read only device and associated medium to store and ship the control store's microprogram and at system power on to load the microprogram into the control store.