Floppy disk
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A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed in a square or nearly square plastic shell l
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disks
8-inch (200 mm), 5.25-inch (130 mm) (full height), and 3.5-inch (90 mm) drives
A 3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy disk removed from its housing
8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk, partially inserted in drive, (3.5-inch (90 mm) floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale)
Zip drive
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The Zip drive is a discontinued removable cartridge disk storage system sold by Iomega from 1995 to 2003. Considered medium-to-high-capacity at the time of its release, Zip disks were originally launc
Floppy disk
…None of these sizes achieved much market success. In the mid-1990s, mechanically incompatible higher-density floppy disks were introduced, like the Iomega Zip disk. Adoption was limited by the competition between proprietary formats and the need to buy expensive drives for computers where the disks would be used…
Zip 100 drive with a disk
An internal Zip drive installed in a computer
An internal Zip drive outside of a computer but attached to a 3+1⁄2-inch to 5+1⁄4-inch drive bay adapter
The Zip disk media