sneakernet

[ snee-ker-net ]

noun

1. Facetious. the transfer of electronic information by carrying the storage medium, especially a floppy disk, from one computer to another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sneakernet¹

An Americanism dating back to 1985–90

Example Sentences

It works, after a fashion, but I know it has holes and that is why I also use a lot of sneakernet.

From BBC

The transmission was so slow, scientists had to resort to sending disks and thumb drives by FedEx and human messengers, or "sneakernet," he said.

From Reuters

For now, to anyone not intimately familiar with the world of film, it’s like discovering an alternate cyberpunk continuum where streaming doesn’t exist, "Netflix" refers to a complex sneakernet of cassette-tape couriers, and Reed Hastings is probably fighting for faster access to bike lanes.

From The Verge

In fact, the company has been working on killing off sneakernet for a while now.

From The Verge

And now, everyone from Apple iTunes to the  to NPR is looking to make that moment pay in ways that omnipresent music — already on YouTube, SoundCloud, download stores, subscription services, internet radio, bit torrent, hard drives, sneakernet, satellite radio — does not.

From Time