diskzine

English

Alternative forms

• disczine (UK)

Etymology

disk +‎ zine

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

diskzine (plural diskzines)

1. A zine distributed on floppy disk.
   • 1984, Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional Programmer

     It will be interesting to watch this diskzine over the next couple of years […]

   • 1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)

     A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled. Three "diskzines" — magazines on floppy disks — started cheaply by entrepreneurs who placed ads in obscure computer journals […]

Synonyms

• diskazine
• diskmag
• magazette