diskette
Plural: diskettes
Noun
- A small, flexible magnetic disk for data storage; a floppy disk.
- a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
- An 8-inch floppy disk.
Examples
- Before cloud storage, game data was often saved on a diskette.
Origin / Etymology
From disk + -ette, by analogy with cassette.
Scrabble Score: 13
diskette: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddiskette: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diskette: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
diskette: valid Words With Friends Word