Sometimes called a disk jacket or disk sleeve, the disk envelope is a paper or plastic sheath. They store a 5.25-inch disk and its jacket. These were used because the 5.25" diskettes had unprotected areas that were vulnerable to dust, dirt, and hair when they were not in use.
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