1. A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
   "In the 1990s, students often saved their essays on diskettes";
   - floppy, floppy disk

Derived forms: diskettes

Type of: disc, disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk

Part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

Encyclopedia: Diskette