What's the difference between diskette and floppy?

Diskette


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A combined plot of all results from the four separate papers, which is ordered alphabetically by chemical, is available from L. S. Gold, in printed form or on computer tape or diskette.
  • (2) The substitution data tables are available on diskette with Protein Science.
  • (3) We recommend that virus detection software be installed on personal computers where the interchange of diskettes among computers is necessary, that write-protect tabs be placed on all program master diskettes and data diskettes where data are being read and not written, that in the event of a computer virus outbreak, all available diskettes be quarantined and scanned by virus detection software, and to facilitate quarantine and scanning in an outbreak, that diskettes be stored in organized files.
  • (4) REFERENCE UPDATE (a trademark of Research Information Systems, Inc.) is a diskette-based service which provides subscribers with a weekly update on the latest publications in biology and medicine.
  • (5) An interface program has been developed for users of MS-DOS computers and the GenBank(R) gene sequence files in their diskette format.
  • (6) This package includes the database on diskettes, as well as software for retrieving and manipulating data and for producing graphics.
  • (7) Current Contents on Diskette provides document delivery by means of the Genuine Article service, and Reference Update offers a synonym feature.
  • (8) After education of departmental personal computer users regarding appropriate computer hygiene and installation of virus protection software, no further spread of personal computer viruses occurred, although 2 additional Stoned-infected and 1 Jerusalem-infected diskettes were detected.
  • (9) The signal from the force transducer was fed into a tremor monitor, which was essentially a low-pass filter, and quantitated using the Applecounter from Columbus Instruments (Columbus, Ohio) with the data stored on floppy diskette in a personal computer or on a magnetic tape cassette.
  • (10) The plots can be easily stored on diskettes, mixed with text and printed.
  • (11) It is, however, also possible to obtain data from IBM PC(5.25") diskettes.
  • (12) The computer system monitors heart rate, provides real-time graphics of incoming data and a detailed graphic review of responses following testing, coordinates drug injections by the experimenter, performs a nonlinear line analysis to determine the dose required to produce 50% maximal responding (ED50) following the data review, and generates a diskette and printer report at the completion of testing.
  • (13) The authors will copy the program at no charge on a user's initialized diskette.
  • (14) One CD-ROM covers over 250,000 text's pages, or 300,000 book's cards or 1,500 diskettes of 360 kbytes.
  • (15) Storage of the data on a diskette in a format guaranteeing high density of the data and fast exchange with the computer.
  • (16) Both Current Contents on Diskette and Reference Update provide an excellent mechanism for keeping abreast of the biomedical literature with a personal computer.
  • (17) The features of the modified method include: display of the stimulus on the monitor of the microcomputer, option for interactive change of the parameters of the stimulus from test to test, storage of the data on a diskette, measuring of the time intervals by a programme clock, statistical evaluation of the results with graphic display.
  • (18) The information is stored on either a floppy diskette or a hard disk in the computer.
  • (19) By submitting a diskette the computer program will be available at no cost.
  • (20) The program is available on diskette from the authors.

Floppy


Definition:

  • (n.) Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An 8-French right Judkins guiding catheter with a single side hole (USCI), a 3.0 mm balloon dilatation catheter (ACS), and a 0.018 high torque floppy guide wire (ACS) were used.
  • (2) Repair of the floppy mitral valve did not eradicate all abnormalities; however, it did significantly improve the chest pain, weakness, dyspnea, and arrhythmias in all six patients.
  • (3) The other four patients had asymmetric keratoconus and floppy eyelid syndrome.
  • (4) Mitral regurgitation due to 'floppy' valves is frequently associated with areas of medical necrosis in the ascending aorta.
  • (5) The mitral valve excised at operation from three of the patients had morphologic characteristics of a floppy mitral valve, which was judged to be responsible for the echocardiographic findings.
  • (6) The majority was said to be found pale or blue, floppy and mostly unreactive.
  • (7) It is registered on floppy disk and suitable for use in MS-DOS on IBM personal computer, Olivetti or compatible.
  • (8) The signals of fetal movement obtained by actocardiograph were stored in a floppy disc every 250 ms for 5 minutes through an AD-converter, and were analyzed every 5 minutes with the computer to reveal 3-dimensional (3-D) histograms.
  • (9) Conditions associated with anatomically abnormal valves include rheumatic, floppy, Ebstein's anomaly, carcinoid, infective endocarditis, papillary muscle dysfunction, and other rarer causes such as radiation, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and endomyocardial fibrosis.
  • (10) Case 4, a 10-year-old girl had opisthotonus and floppiness since 4 months of age.
  • (11) In the group with floppy mitral valve, males were more prevalent than females (51:33).
  • (12) Left ventricular ejection fractions of 31 patients determined from first-pass or single-pass radionuclide angiography from the anterior position using a microcomputer system and floppy disc were compared to angiographic catheterization data obtained from the right anterior oblique position.
  • (13) SPOCC can be run on any dual floppy or hard disk personal computer that uses MS-DOS or PC-DOS 2.0 or greater.
  • (14) Data is stored as an ASCII file on floppy disks, and protocol reports are printed.
  • (15) Between October 1965 and April 1975, mitral valve replacement was preformed in 66 patients with myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve ("floppy valve syndrome").
  • (16) A 2-month-old boy with delayed growth and development, brachycephaly, large anterior fontanelle, low-set folded ears, micrognathia, aortic coarctation, floppy abdominal muscles, and pes varus, was found to have a 46,XY,del(16)(q2100q2300) de novo karyotype.
  • (17) Energy transfer between fluorescein and Texas Red was observed in the "floppy" alpha beta heterodimer band, but not in the "compact" alpha beta heterodimer band.
  • (18) The "data acquisition module" (DAM) assists in bone length measurement from contact prints of hand radiographs and stores the 19 measurements on a floppy disk.
  • (19) The explanted valves were affected by: chronic rheumatic disease (1179, 91.5%), floppy mitral valve (84, 6.5%), bacterial endocarditis (19, 1.5%), and post-ischemic mitral incompetence (6, 0.5%).
  • (20) Although proteoglycan infiltration may not be a specific marker for floppy valve disease, its presence is associated with decreased molecular organisation of collagen in the chordae.

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