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Floppies in a sentence

Floppies meaning

plural of floppy

Using Floppies

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of floppy
  • In the example corpus, floppies often appears in combinations such as: floppies were, floppies as.

Context around Floppies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rx50 1× first 1× able 1× released 1× production 1× external 1× formatted 1×

Often after:

further 1×

Sentence patterns with Floppies

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

800 kb floppies 1× 88 mb floppies were expensive 1× boot able floppies and thumb 1× commercially released floppies as well 1× dos formatted floppies as well 1× original production floppies after which 1× other pc floppies further isolating 1× own external floppies until 1986 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

due to a 1× early linux distributions 1× executable infecting viruses 1× however individual 2 1× in practice however 1× one young developer 1×

Common sentence endings:

floppies as well 2× 44 mb floppy 1× 800 kb floppies 1× all major distributions 1× big back pockets 1× computer hobbyist circles 1×

Words around Floppies

Just before it in the word index:

flopper 4 flopped 116 flophouses 3 flop 250 floozy 2 floorstanding 3

Just after it in the word index:

floppiness 2 flopping 50 floppy 219 flops 162 flor 21 flora 478

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Floppies

  • In this selection, "floppies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rx50, first, able and further stand out and add context to how "floppies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 800 kb floppies and 88 mb floppies were expensive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "floppies" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with floppies

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These were followed in 1986 by double-sided 800 KB floppies. (11 words)

With additional software, it was possible to read and write to MS-DOS -formatted floppies as well. (17 words)

Early Linux distributions were installed using sets of floppies but this has been abandoned by all major distributions. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

The name, used by official sources and fans, refers to rumours that the reason for the cancellation of the game was the losing of the game's original production floppies, after which the developers refused to remake the game from scratch. (41 words)

In practice, however, this method was an inexpensive way to store twice as much data for no extra cost, and was widely used for commercially released floppies as well. (29 words)

The proprietary data format meant that RX50 floppies were not interchangeable with other PC floppies, further isolating DEC products from the developing de facto standard PC market. (27 words)

Example sentences (11)

The proprietary data format meant that RX50 floppies were not interchangeable with other PC floppies, further isolating DEC products from the developing de facto standard PC market.

One young developer actually lets technology influence his wardrobe choices; he’s partial to bib overalls, in part because floppies will fit in their big back pockets.

Due to a mistake made by the Commodore sales department, the first floppies of AmigaOS (released with the Amiga1000) named the whole OS "Workbench".

Early Linux distributions were installed using sets of floppies but this has been abandoned by all major distributions.

Executable -infecting viruses are dependent on users exchanging software or boot-able floppies and thumb drives so they spread rapidly in computer hobbyist circles.

However, individual 2.88 MB floppies were expensive and the technology did not supplant the 1.44 MB floppy.

In practice, however, this method was an inexpensive way to store twice as much data for no extra cost, and was widely used for commercially released floppies as well.

The name, used by official sources and fans, refers to rumours that the reason for the cancellation of the game was the losing of the game's original production floppies, after which the developers refused to remake the game from scratch.

These were followed in 1986 by double-sided 800 KB floppies.

This allowed users to connect additional external floppy drives by third party vendors, but IBM did not offer their own external floppies until 1986.

With additional software, it was possible to read and write to MS-DOS -formatted floppies as well.

Common combinations with floppies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "floppies" in a sentence?
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What does "floppies" mean?
Floppies means: plural of floppy
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