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Yes. The floppy disk is an excellent icon, and it's history is distinct, important and easy to convey.

Two other icons I could think of without effort are the telephone icon and the camera icon.

Same with the "folders" icon. I bet a very large percentage of the population has never used an actual paper folder.

yes. We should make a page showing all these icons along with pictures of their physical objects and a description of how they worked and what they were used for :)

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