floppy drive

English

A floppy drive for 3½-inch diskettes

Noun

floppy drive (plural floppy drives)

1. A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3.5", 5.25" or 8" diskettes.

Synonyms

• floppy disk drive
• floppy diskette drive
• floppy disc drive
• FDD (abbreviation)
• FD (abbreviation)

Related terms

• tape drive
• cassette drive

Translations

A device used for reading removable floppy disks

• Dutch: diskettestation (nl) n
• Finnish: levykeasema, diskettiasema, korppuasema

• Japanese: フロッピーディスクドライブ (ja) (furoppīdhisukudoraibu)
• Macedonian: дискетна единица (mk) (dísketna edínica) f