floppy disk
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- noun
- /ˈflɑpi dɪsk/
- Specialized
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icono de disquete
- The floppy disk save icon is similarly outdated but can and should live on because it does the job (even if the concept of manual saving might become outdated in many applications).
Examples
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In many software programs, the floppy disk icon indicates the option to save your document.
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Swapping in a cloud icon for a floppy disk would require re-educating all the users who know from long experience that you save your stuff by clicking the floppy disk.
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This funny icon happens to be a floppy disk icon, something that probably most of you have never seen.
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Hi, I'm the guy who put that blue arrow on that floppy disk back in 2007.
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Designed to resemble the exact look of a floppy disk, just a little more edgy and not so floppy.
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Swapping in a cloud icon for a floppy disk would require re-educating all the users who know from long experience that you save your stuff by clicking the floppy disk.
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To save your work, just click on the floppy disk icon at the top of the screen.
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Users often recognize the floppy disk symbol as a reminder to save their important files.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally clear: 'floppy' + 'disk' names a physical storage medium, so a learner who knows both words will grasp the literal object. However, its frequent contemporary use to mean the 'save' icon in software is a cultural/technological metonymic extension not fully predictable from the constituents, so understanding that specific UI meaning typically requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Floppy disk as an icon comes from the old physical disk people used to 'save' files. Designers used the picture of a floppy disk so the small symbol still means 'save' even though real floppies are no longer used.