floppy diskette drive

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floppy diskette drive

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From floppy diskette + drive.

noun 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 Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.
Similar: floppy disk drive, floppy disc drive, diskette drive, floppy drive, FDD, FD

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@misc{floppy_diskette_drive_2026,
  title = {floppy diskette drive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floppy%20diskette%20drive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}