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    Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.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

Translations
computer hardware device — see floppy drive
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