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Discette vs Diskette - What's the difference?

discette | diskette |

As nouns the difference between discette and diskette

is that discette is alternative form of diskette while diskette is a small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.

discette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated)
  • * 1981 , Interface Age (volume 6, page 57)
    • We still distribute source, in 'Tiny' Pascal, on each discette sold.
  • * 1983 , R. C. Holland, Microcomputers for process control (page 180)
    • Edit program, if necessary, as described above, re-test and save on discette when finished.

    diskette

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia diskette) (en noun)
  • (computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
  • (computing, dated) an 8-inch floppy disk

    • Synonyms

    * floppy * floppy disk * floppy diskette * disk (Considered as a contraction in the UK)

    Derived terms

    * mini-diskette * micro-diskette