floppy diskette drive
English
A floppy drive for 3½-inch diskettes
Etymology
floppy diskette + drive
Noun
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- Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.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
- floppy disk drive, floppy disc drive
- diskette drive
- floppy drive
- FDD (abbreviation)
- FD (abbreviation)
Related terms
- hard drive
Translations
computer hardware device — see floppy drive