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diskette
This term refers specifically to the legacy magnetic storage media common from the 1970s through the 1990s. While it was once the primary method for transferring small files, it is now largely obsolete, replaced by USB flash drives and cloud storage. In modern technical contexts, using this word often evokes a sense of nostalgia or refers to legacy hardware systems in industrial settings.
Because it describes a physical object, it follows standard English countability rules. It is distinct from a "hard disk," which is a rigid platter and typically internal to a computer, whereas a diskette is portable and flexible.
Meanings
Examples
Please insert the diskette into the drive to begin the installation.
I found an old diskette in the attic from the eighties.
Do you have a spare diskette I can use for this backup?
The computer failed to read the corrupted diskette.
He wondered if any modern machine could still read a five and a quarter inch diskette.
Just save the file to a diskette and bring it to class tomorrow.
The software was distributed on a set of three diskettes.