Floppy Disk
• A soft magnetic disk.
• Floppy disks are portable.
• Floppy disks are slower to access than hard disks
and have less storage capacity, but they are much
less expensive.
• Can store data up to 1.44MB.
• Two common sizes: 5 ¼” and 3 ½”.
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Floppy Disk
5 ¼ inch Floppy Disk 3 ½ inch Floppy Disk
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Zip Diskette
• Hardware data storage device
developed by Iomega that
functions like a Standard 1.44"
floppy drive.
• Capable to hold up to 100 MB of
data or 250 MB of data on new
drives.
• Now it less popular as users
needed larger storage
capabilities.