flipper
n.— «Record companies are thinking of doing testing in Britain of new technology that allows music and videos to be sold on a single reversible disc…Sony Music, a division of Japan’s Sony Corporation, said that it was considering bringing DualDiscs—also known as “flippers”—to Britain after a limited trial in America proved successful.» —“UK may test new disc format” by Nic Hopkins Times (London, U.K.) June 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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