COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ALGORITHMS
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Hardware-OUTPUT
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Hardware-STORAGE
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Hardware-SYSTEM UNIT
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Hardware-INPUT
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Detailed explanation-1: -The floppy disk drive, also known as diskette, is a removable magnetic storage medium that allows recording of data. IBM first introduced it as a 8-in diskette in 1971. In the middle of 1970s, a 5.25 diskette was introduced.
Detailed explanation-2: -A floppy disk drive (FDD), or floppy drive, is a hardware device that reads data storage information. It was invented in 1967 by a team at IBM and was one of the first types of hardware storage that could read/write a portable device.
Detailed explanation-3: -For more than two decades, the floppy disk was the primary external writable storage device used. Most computing environments before the 1990s were non-networked, and floppy disks were the primary means to transfer data between computers, a method known informally as sneakernet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Floppy is both input and output.
Detailed explanation-5: -Floppy disk is a magnetic disk that contains a single plastic disk. In the initial days of the computer invention it was used as the main storage device, later on, it was used for carrying data from one computer to another but nowadays it is almost not used. It requires a floppy drive for operation.