Computer Floppy Drive Terms

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

3.5-Inch diskette 5.25-Inch diskette

A: Access light

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

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

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

HD disk Head slot HiFD High capacity Floppy Disk High-density diskette

IDC

Magnetic media Media MFM encoding MO diskette

Offline storage

Preformatted

Removable disk Rigid disk

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

Tab TPI Track

Volume label Volume name

Work disk Write mode Write-protect