Floppy+Disk
81Disk controller — The disk controller is the circuit which enables the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. Early disk controllers were identified by their storage methods and data encoding. They were typically implemented… …
82Disk magazine — For the British pop music magazine, see Disc (magazine). A disk magazine, colloquially known as a diskmag, is a magazine that is distributed in electronic form to be read using computers. These had some popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as… …
83disk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plate, record, discus; face; floppy or fixed disk; wafer; wheel. See circularity, front, layer. v. plow, harrow. See agriculture, preparation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disc, plate, platter, discoid,… …
84Disk II — Zwei Disk II Laufwerke Die Disk II war ein 5¼ inch Floppy Laufwerk, welches von Steve Wozniak entwickelt und von Apple Computer hergestellt wurde. Das Gerät erschien zum ersten Mal im Jahre 1978 auf dem Markt zu einem Preis von US$495 auf… …
85disk — n. structure in a spinal column 1) to slip ( dislocate ) a disk 2) a slipped disk flat plate for computer storage 3) to format; make a disk; to copy onto a disk 4) a back up; fixed, hard; floppy disk USAGE NOTE: BE prefers the spelling disc for 1 …
86Disk Masher System — The Disk Masher System (.dms) was an often used method on Amiga, to create a compressed image of a disk (usually floppy). The disk is read block by block, and thus its data structure is maintained. DMS won approval particularly in the demo scene… …
87Disk IIc — The Disk IIc was a 5.25 inch floppy disk drive introduced by Apple Computer in 1984 styled for use alongside the Apple IIc personal computer. The disk port on the original IIc was only designed to control an external 5.25 disk drive, and as such …
88Disk operating system — Dieser Artikel behandelt Betriebssysteme. Weitere Bedeutungen der Abkürzung DOS findet man unter Dos. Als Disk Operating System [dɪsk ˈɒpəɹeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm] (kurz DOS) werden kleine und einfache Betriebssysteme für Computer bezeichnet, deren… …
89floppy diskette drive — noun A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so called floppy, diskettes. Floppy diskette drives ultimately became obsolete with the arrival of more efficient media, such as the memory stick. Syn: floppy disk drive …
90floppy drive — noun A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3.5 , 5.25 or 8 diskettes. Syn: floppy disk drive, floppy diskette drive, floppy disc drive, FDD, FD See Also: tape drive, cassette drive …
