floppy

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Don't compare it to the floppy - the floppy was extra hardware that cost money and took up space.

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  1. adjective Tending to flop; loose and flexible. See Synonyms at limp.
  2. noun A floppy disk.

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  • "I guess the floppy is going to be our only souvenir from this trip," Tess said, patting her pocket. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • “Not the Terror Birds, the other one I just think of it as the floppy-nosed grazer,” said Odysseus. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • Conceived by Atari's Jay Miner as a floppy-based 16-bit game console, the Amiga grew into a powerful video system far ahead of its time - then stagnated, —  Low End Mac
  • "In five years, we'll all be either working for him … or dead by his hand," Donaghy hissed as the floppy-haired young page rode his bike home.
  • That'll give you the 1. 722mb formatted floppy, after that pick whatever fs you want to put on it and use the appropriate mkfs command. —  OSNews
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bootable ·  baggy ·  fur-lined ·  fluffy ·  ratty ·  oversized ·  removable ·  maroon ·  shapeless ·  woolen ·  pointy ·  suede
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