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flop⋅py

  [flop-ee] adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est, noun
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–adjective
1. tending to flop.
–noun
2. floppy disk.
Origin:
1855–60; flop + -y 1

Related forms:
flop⋅pi⋅ly, adverb
flop⋅pi⋅ness, noun

floppy disk

 
–noun
Computers. a thin, flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored for later retrieval: used mainly with microcomputers.
Also, flop⋅py⋅disk.
Also called floppy, diskette, flexible disk, magnetic disk.

Origin:
1970–75
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flop·py   (flŏp'ē)   
adj.   flop·pi·er, flop·pi·est
Tending to flop; loose and flexible. See Synonyms at limp.
n.   pl. flop·pies
A floppy disk.
flop'pi·ly adv., flop'pi·ness n.
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Floppy

Flop"py\, n. Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. --G. Eliot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : floppy
Spanish: blando, que se cae,
German: schlaff,
Japanese: ぱたぱたしやすい
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Floppy programming, tool
A Fortran coding convention checker. A later version can generate HTML.
See also Flow.
ffccc posted to comp.sources.misc volume 12.
(1996-08-23)

floppy
floppy disk

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