floppy disk

Example Sentences

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“That advice has not aged well—it has the practical value of a floppy disk today,” wrote Gill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He doesn’t have the internet on his computer and continues to save his work to a floppy disk, which he walks down the hall to his assistant at the end of the work day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

You will try to take a bite of a sandwich, and — crunch, you have bitten into a floppy disk of sources and methods from 1993.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023

It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2022

He inserted the floppy disk and began typing.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston