floppy diskette drive

English

A floppy drive for 3½-inch diskettes

Etymology

floppy diskette +‎ drive

Noun

floppy diskette drive (plural floppy diskette drives)

1. 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   Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.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