different between floppy vs harddisk

English

Etymology

From flop +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.pi/

• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

floppy (comparative floppier, superlative floppiest)

1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,

     The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

Derived terms

• floppy disk, floppy disc

Translations

Noun

floppy (plural floppies)

1. (computing, dated) A floppy disk.
2. (military slang, Rhodesia, South Africa) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot.
   • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, p. 55:

     "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions. We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.

   Synonyms: terr, gook

3. (informal) A comic book.
   • 2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way (page 226)

     We suggest that the impact of comic books is greater than it may first appear. Though individual sales of floppies may be low compared to, say, dollar grosses on motion pictures or may reach fewer viewers than a summer blockbuster […]

Synonyms

• diskette

Derived terms

• mini-floppy
• micro-floppy
• flippy-floppy

Translations

Anagrams

• pop fly

English

Noun

harddisk (plural harddisks)

1. Alternative form of hard disk

Czech

Alternative forms

• hard disk

Etymology

English hard disk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?rt d?sk]

Noun

harddisk m

1. hard disk, hard drive

   Synonym: pevný disk

Further reading

• hard disk in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddisker, definite plural harddiskene)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddiskar, definite plural harddiskane)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.