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floptical

adjective

  1. Using a combination of magnetic and optical technology.

    Floptical technology is a practical and affordable way to increase your storage capacity— without giving up the convenience of diskettes.

    1993 June 21, advertisement, InfoWorld, page 12,

Where it comes from

Blend of floppy (“floppy disk, a magnetic data storage device”) + optical.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry floptical (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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