floppy diskette drive
A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called…A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.
» This computer has a 3½″ floppy drive.
Dieser Rechner hat ein 3½″-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Dieser Rechner hat ein 90-mm-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesA 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Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick.
Examples
5 sentencesThis computer has a 3½″ floppy drive.
deDieser Rechner hat ein 3½″-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This computer has a floppy disk drive.
ruВ этом компьютере есть дисковод для гибких дисков. — odexed
deDieser Rechner verfügt über ein Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This computer has a 8-inch floppy drive.
deDieser Rechner hat ein 8-Zoll-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This computer has a 5¼-inch floppy drive.
deDieser Rechner hat ein 5¼-Zoll-Diskettenlaufwerk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Maybe one of the old floppy drives still works.
deVielleicht funktioniert eines der alten Diskettenlaufwerke noch. — wxcraft
Origin
From floppy diskette + drive.From floppy diskette + drive.
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Forms
plural: floppy diskette drives| Singular | floppy diskette drive |
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Synonyms
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