noun
- a small, flexible magnetic disk enclosed in a square plastic case, used for storing computer data
Usage: dated; computing
Examples
- She saved her document on a diskette before shutting down the computer.
- The old computer required a diskette to boot up.
- He found a box of diskettes in the storage room.
- The diskette was damaged and couldn’t be read.
- Most modern computers no longer have diskette drives.
- The software came on three diskettes.