minidisk

English

Etymology

mini- +‎ disk

Noun

minidisk (plural minidisks)

1. (computing, dated) A 5.25-inch floppy disk.
   • 1978, Louis E. Frenzel, Getting Acquainted with Microcomputers (page 239)

     Standard digital recording techniques are used with floppy disks rather than audio recording techniques. A smaller 5-inch-diameter disk, referred to as a minidisk, is also available. Data-storage capacity is typically 70,000 to 100,000 bytes.

   • 1980, InfoWorld (volume 2, number 1)

     From minidisks, floppy disks, all the way to high-capacity hard disks, the flexibility of CP/M 2.0 makes it a truly universal operating system.

See also

• MiniDisc