Minidisk

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A 5.25-inch floppy disk. dated

    "Standard digital recording techniques are used with floppy disks rather than audio recording techniques. A smaller 5-inch-diameter disk, referred to as a minidisk, is also available. Data-storage capacity is typically 70,000 to 100,000 bytes."

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"Standard digital recording techniques are used with floppy disks rather than audio recording techniques. A smaller 5-inch-diameter disk, referred to as a minidisk, is also available. Data-storage capacity is typically 70,000 to 100,000 bytes."

Etymology

From mini- + disk.

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floppy disk

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