That is the way things happen.

(programming) An operator specifying a range of conditions, such that the related code executes only if the first condition is true, and only until the second condition becomes true.

plural of flip-flop operator

(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

(computing, dated) A floppy disk. / (military slang, Rhodesia, South Africa) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot. / (informal) A comic book.

(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.

To stay in a flophouse.

A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+¹⁄₂″, 5+¹⁄₄″ or 8″ diskettes.

plural of floppy