FLOPPY DISK/HARD DISK

Floppy disks are fast disappearing from the computer world, but it’s been many years since they were literally floppy. The fact that a 3 1/2" diskette is enclosed in a hard plastic case should not lead you to call it a “hard disk.” That’s a high-capacity storage medium like the main disk inside your computer on which your programs, operating system, and data are stored.