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diskette

[dih-sket] / dɪˈskɛt /




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Each of its 18 issues included a diskette of original fonts by a variety of noteworthy designers, including Malcolm Garrett, Peter Saville, David Carson, Tibor Kalman, Barry Deck, Bruce Mau, and on and on.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2012

Even after this amazing week, Jobs insists he will pass the diskette to a new generation and then stand aside to let it run the program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once they settle on a beat, Obiedo will take a diskette bearing a rhythm track home and lay down some rhymes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his Chevy van, agents also found a computer diskette that contained a document summarizing seven secret reports from the debriefing of business people who had visited Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pierre picked up the diskette from his desk.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

According to the FBI, Montes communicated with her Cuban handlers via shortwave radios, computer diskettes and pagers, The Post reported in 2001.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023

Her playful watercolors once adorned packages of Lotus software; for a program called Magellan, she created a ship whose masts were tethered to billowing diskettes.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015

Officials pointed out antiquated phones, broken doors, a missile damaged from water leaks and an old computer that relied on enormous diskettes.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2014

Most important, the 6-lb. machine is the only one of its size that accepts standard 3.5-in. diskettes, which will enable users to transfer files from laptop to desktop in a snap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only bits of previous drafts were on diskettes in Seoul.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills




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