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minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTake apart a 3.25" floppy disk, you’ll find the magnetic platter (disc shaped thing) is floppy. Take apart a hard disk drive, you’ll find the magnetic platter(s) inside are metal. If a floppy disk wasn’t named after the thing inside the casing, why wasn’t it called a floppy square or floppy rectangle?
minus-squareShikadi@wirebase.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt actually was originally a floppy diskette, but eventually shortened to disk because people are lazy
Take apart a 3.25" floppy disk, you’ll find the magnetic platter (disc shaped thing) is floppy.
Take apart a hard disk drive, you’ll find the magnetic platter(s) inside are metal.
If a floppy disk wasn’t named after the thing inside the casing, why wasn’t it called a floppy square or floppy rectangle?
It actually was originally a floppy diskette, but eventually shortened to disk because people are lazy