adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
floppy disk
floppy (= soft and hanging down loosely, rather than being stiff )
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a rabbit with big floppy ears
hard/floppy/A etc drive
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
disc
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Colin gave the wrong advice about getting floppy disc out when jammed and then I deleted the stuff off the hard disc.
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The results of a search can be stored on a floppy disc or printed out.
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Nothing, not a note, not an old article, not a floppy disc .
discs
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There were no yuppies or floppy discs .
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It couldn't be any plainer if it were raining floppy discs .
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It is the equivalent to four floppy discs .
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He said computer networks would not be affected and copies of information should be made on floppy discs .
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We found that on two occasions it was unable to copy a large file across 5 floppy discs .
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Standard letters can be stored on floppy discs . 2.
disk
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But you can attach a keyboard or computer monitor to it, along with an optional floppy disk .
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Microcomputers on the other hand generally use local storage on floppy disks .
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One of the easiest is to modify your computer so that it will not boot from a floppy disk .
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In the absence of networking, students need to submit work on floppy disks .
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The whole program comes on a single floppy disk .
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It can be used on a hard disk computer or a floppy disk type with two disk drives.
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Originally Word fit quite neatly on a single 400K floppy disk .
drive
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The functions of memory, floppy drive and the hard disk are all explained.
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Apparently the machine's screen and the motherboard survived intact - but alas not the floppy drive .
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There is an option to mount an additional 5.25inch floppy drive in a spare bay to the right.
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A Packard Bell desktop 386 computer complete with hard disk, two floppy drives and software, £666.
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The hard and floppy drives are 3.5-inch affairs mounted on the side of the main drive cage.
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The floppy drive supplied with the 320SLi is an external unit, which weighs about 10oz.
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It ran as smooth as clockwork; hard disk, floppy drive , monitor and printer port.
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Use disk head cleaning kits on floppy drives . 3.
hat
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Now she was standing outside my school in a black floppy hat and long green coat, waiting for another boy.
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As for my powder blue, double-knit polyester bridesmaid dress and floppy hat , I left them behind this time.