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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material and covered by a protective jacket, used for storing data magnetically.
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- noun computer hardware A
removable disk used for storingdigital data , measuring between 2 and 8inches diagonally and storing between 80KB and 240MB .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
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