Floppy drive terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Floppy drive terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 50 terms like FDD, storage, format, and magnetic media. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'S' to find terms like 'secondary storage' in the 'S' section.

Definition of a computer floppy disk
Definition of a computer floppy disk drive
Top 10 floppy drive terms
Floppy diskette

Storage devices
Secondary storage device
Tab
Floppy
FDD
Format
Disk
Floppy cable
Magnetic media
Write protection

Number

3.5-Inch diskette
5.25-Inch diskette

A

A:
Access light

B

B:
Backing storage
Bad sector
Berg connector
Bootable disk
Boot sector

C

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D
Disk drive

Disk
Disk copy
Disk crash
Disk density
Disk drive
Disk driver
Disk envelope
Diskette
Diskette drive
Disk jacket
Disk notcher
Disk pack
Disk unit
DMF
Double-density disk
Double-sided Disk
Dual disk drive

E

Extended Density Format

F

FD
FDC
FDD
Ferric oxide
Flippy disk
Floppy
Floppy cable
Floppy disk
Floptical
Format

G

GCR
Group code recording

H

HD disk
Head cleaning
Head slot
HiFD
High capacity floppy disk
High-density diskette

I

IDC

J

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K

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L

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M

Magnetic media
Media
MFM encoding
MO diskette

N

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O

Offline storage

P

Preformatted

Q

Quad Density

R

Removable disk
Rigid disk

S

ScanDisk
Secondary storage device
Single-density diskette
Single-sided diskette
Source data disk
Storage device
Store

T

Tab
TPI
Track

U

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V

Volume label
Volume name

W

Work disk
Write mode
Write-protect

X

XDF

Y

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Z

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