A floppy disk, used for data storage in the 80s and 90s. Emoji

Objects

A dark-colored square depicting a 3.5-inch floppy disk, featuring a sliding metal shutter and a white label area. It is the universal icon for saving digital information.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent saving a file, backing up data, or referencing vintage computing hardware. It is often used humorously to point out outdated technology, or alongside 💻 to discuss software development and digital storage.

History

Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2005, this image immortalizes the floppy disk, which served as the primary portable storage format for PCs throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Its persistence as a 'save' icon is a classic example of skeumorphism, where digital interfaces retain physical real-world metaphors long after the original objects have gone obsolete.

Details

Glyph

💾

Unicode

U+1F4BE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4be:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCBE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory computer

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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