A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.

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If your PC has a floppy drive, consider it a relic. Most new computers don’t come with floppy drives. Dell Computer Corp., for example, stopped including them in its desktop computers four years ...

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For years, I carried programs and documents on floppy disks those plastic and vinyl warriors of the computer world. Not any more. I m done flip-flopping with floppy disks | Crain's Detroit Business ...

A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.