A floppy disk is a flexible, magnetically sensitive storage medium enclosed in a 3.5-inch hard plastic case. It typically offers a storage capacity of around 1.4 MB, making it suitable for transporting text files, low-resolution images, or highly compressed digital files.
Once widely used for data transfer and backup, floppy disks are now largely obsolete, replaced by faster and higher-capacity storage solutions such as USB drives, memory cards, and cloud storage. Despite its antiquated status, the floppy disk remains an important part of computing and photographic history, particularly for understanding the evolution of digital image storage and transfer.