103 flip the floppy with toenail in the side jamb lets examine why a 3.5 solid state data format would work. - again the intent to understand that size matters, and when study of density of a disc/form is the goal... why not! From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (redirected from floppy disc) jump to: navigation, search floppy redirects here. for other uses, see floppy (disambiguation). 8- inch, 5-inch, and 3-inch floppy disks 8-inch, 5-inch (full height), and 3-inch drives a floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles. they are read and written by a floppy disk drive (fdd). invented by ibm, floppy disks in 3.5-inch (89 mm), 5.25-inch (133 mm) and 8-inch (200 mm) forms were a ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange from the mid-1970s to the 2000s.[1] while floppy disk drives still have some limited uses, especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have been superseded by data storage methods with much greater capacity, such as usb flash drives, portable external hard disk drives, optical discs, memory cards, and computer networks. copyright © 2017 christopher g brown patent christopher g brown 3459 2464 publisher: createspace independent publishing platform; large print edition (june 25, 1985) isbn-13: 978-1467904506