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stiffy |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: stiffy n. 3.5-inch {microfloppies}, so called because their jackets are more rigid than those of the 5.25-inch and the (now totally obsolete) 8-inch floppy. Elsewhere this might be called a `firmy'. For some odd reason, several sources have taken the trouble to inform us that this term is widespread in South Africa. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: stiffy({University of Lowell}, Massachusetts) A 3.5-inch {microfloppy}, so called because their jackets are more rigid than those of the 5.25-inch and the (obsolete) 8-inch {floppy disk}. Elsewhere this might be called a "firmy". [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-03)