Re:Triple Density Floppy, Anyone?
by shiroiushi on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @02:03AM
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>not the square casing, which, while somewhat flexible in 8” and 5¼” sizes, is not really floppy, and absolutely not a disk, for any of them.
Not true. The square casing plus the circular thing inside was absolutely a "disk". But it was not a "disc". The thing inside was a "disc".
Depends where you're from. In American English, both are disks: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disk#Usage_notes
The “floppy disk” is named for the round mylar storage medium inside the square casing, which is both floppy and a disk in all the sizes they came in, not the square casing, which, while somewhat flexible in 8” and 5¼” sizes, is not really floppy, and absolutely not a disk, for any of them.