| Computer Terms |
 This is what a FLOPPY DISK looks like. . . It holds about 720 KILOBYTES of information and goes inside the floppy drive which can write on it or read information from it. If you wonder why it is called a floppy disk when it isn't floppy at all, well that is because the hard part you see on the outside isn't really the disk. It is just the "jacket." Pull aside the little piece of metal to see the real disk, or better yet sacrifice a disk and tear the jacket off. Then you will see the floppy part of a floppy disk. It is made out of a plastic called mylar. . . and information is stored on it magnetically which is why you should NEVER let a magnet near a floppy disk. It will scramble the information so that it cannot be read.Press the arrow on the left side of the screen to go back. |