Definition: Floppy Disk (FD)


Low capacity storage media with soft kernel/base, hence the name floppy.




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Programmed I/O

In a disk drive with an AT interface, data transfers between the drive and host using programmed I/O (PIO). The host uses PIO to write to the Command Block Registers (CBRs) when transmitting control information, such as the location of a read command.

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