Glossary for Geospatial Science

floppy disks, floppies, diskettes, or flexible disks:� A thin, flexible magnetic disk for computer program and data files.� Floppies are inserted into a computer�s floppy disk drive much like a cassette tape is loaded into a tape player.� Floppy disks come in different sizes and capacities, and must be used in the right kind of drive and computer.� Floppies are slower and hold less data than a hard disk.� (See also: hard disk, RAM disk.)