floppy diskette drive
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
floppy diskette drive (plural floppy diskette drives)
- A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.
- Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.
Synonyms edit
- floppy disk drive, floppy disc drive
- diskette drive
- floppy drive
- FDD (abbreviation)
- FD (abbreviation)
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Translations edit
computer hardware device — see floppy drive