Floptical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Floptical is an adjective meaning (computing, data storage) Using a combination of magnetic and optical technology.
Meaning
(computing, data storage) Using a combination of magnetic and optical technology.
More Meanings
- A floptical disk.
Example Sentences
You said you are using flopticals in your sound studio? Is that where you use it mostly?
Alternatives to tape and CD-R include floptical disks, Bernoulli boxes, and other removable drives.
1993 June 21, advertisement, InfoWorld, page 12, Floptical technology is a practical and affordable way to increase your storage capacity— without giving up the convenience of diskettes.
Flopticals, once promising, have mostly been shoved aside by improvements in capacity and price for older designs that are still around and new devices, such as the Zip and SuperDisk LS-120 drives.
Word Forms
- flopticals
Related Words
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