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• flippy /flip'ee/ n. A single-sided floppy disk altered for double-sided use by addition of a second write-notch
  o called because it must be flipped over for the second side to be accessible....
• flippy: /flip'ee/ n. A single-sided floppy disk altered for double-sided use by addition of a second write-notch
  o called because it must be flipped over for the second side to be accessible....
• Octopus: An eight sided cat.
• iron n. Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of mainframe class with big metal cabinets housing relatively low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern supercomputers).
  Often in the phrase big iron. Oppose silicon. See also dinosaur....
• iron: n. Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of {mainframe} class with big metal cabinets housing relatively low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern supercomputers).
  Often in the phrase {big iron}. Oppose {silicon}....
• SID: Switch to Infinite Density
• SRD: Switch to Random Density
• SZD: Switch to Zero Density
• firebottle n.obs. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum.
  Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation....