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Disk Definition–noun | 1. | any thin, flat, circular plate or object. | | 2. | any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so: the disk of the sun. | | 4. | Computers. any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage: magnetic disk; floppy disk; optical disk. | | 5. | Botany, Zoology. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts. | | 7. | Botany. (in the daisy and other composite plants) the central portion of the flower head, composed of tubular florets. | | 8. | any of the circular steel blades that form the working part of a disk harrow. | | 9. | Mathematics. the domain bounded by a circle. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | Informal. disc (def. 3). | | 12. | to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow. | |
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... from a floppy disk or access old data, simply plug in the Dynex 3.5" External USB Floppy Disk Drive ($39.99; www.bestbuy.com). This floppy ...
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Dynex 3.5-inch USB Floppy Disk Drive
First Glimpse - Found Nov. 11, 2008
... from a floppy disk or access old data, simply plug in the Dynex 3.5" External USB Floppy Disk Drive ($39.99; www.bestbuy.com). This floppy ...
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Trend Hunter - Found Nov. 9, 2008
If you are nostalgic for these now-quaint geeky products, try the Floppy Disk Coaster Set.
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Computer virus infections via USB spreading in Japan
Floppy Disk Retrofitted as USB Drive
Wired News - Found Oct. 14, 2008
That the USB thumb drive is the natural descendent of the floppy disk is certain.
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Dynex 3.5-inch USB Floppy Disk Drive
First Glimpse - Found Oct. 23, 2008
... from a floppy disk or access old data, simply plug in the Dynex 3.5" External USB Floppy Disk Drive ($39.99; www.bestbuy.com). This floppy ...
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The floppy disk is back
SlipperyBrick - Found Oct. 12, 2008
Ahhh. The floppy disk. It once housed all of our data, but now they reside in landfills and in the closets of pack-rats everywhere.
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Dvice.com - Found Oct. 10, 2008
You remember the floppy disk, I'm sure.
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Floppy Disk Gift Tags - for the special geek in your life
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Found Oct. 23, 2008
... posts: Put that dusty Apple floppy drive to use, make an amplifier mod outta it | Supermandolini offers the history of the floppy disk - on...
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Lamark 0.92.134
DarkVision Hardware - Found 8 hours ago
... external dependencies, no purchasing, and its reduced size, makes possible to fit the complete package even in an old-fashioned floppy disk.
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