Meanings
nounfloppy drive (plural floppy drives)
plural floppy drives
- A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+¹⁄₂″, 5+¹⁄₄″ or 8″ diskettes.
Synonyms: floppy disk drive, floppy disc drive, floppy diskette drive, diskette drive, FDD, FD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+¹⁄₂″, 5+¹⁄₄″ or 8″ diskettes.
Translations
Bulgarian четец за дискети, флопидисково устройство
- четец за дискети (četec za disketi)device for reading floppy disks
- флопидисково устройство (flopidiskovo ustrojstvo)device for reading floppy disks
- устройство за дискети (ustrojstvo za disketi)device for reading floppy disks
Chinese Mandarin 軟盤驅動器 /软盘驱动器
- 軟盤驅動器 /软盘驱动器 (ruǎnpán qūdòngqì)device for reading floppy disks
Dutch diskettestation
- diskettestationdevice for reading floppy disks
Finnish levykeasema, diskettiasema
- levykeasemadevice for reading floppy disks
- diskettiasemadevice for reading floppy disks
- korppuasemadevice for reading floppy disks
- lerppuasemadevice for reading floppy disks
French lecteur de disquette
- lecteur de disquettedevice for reading floppy disks
German Diskettenlaufwerk
- Diskettenlaufwerkdevice for reading floppy disks
Hungarian floppymeghajtó, flopimeghajtó
- floppymeghajtódevice for reading floppy disks
- flopimeghajtódevice for reading floppy disks
- hajlékonylemezes meghajtódevice for reading floppy disks
- floppydevice for reading floppy disks
Indonesian kandar disket
- kandar disketdevice for reading floppy disks
Japanese フロッピーディスクドライブ
- フロッピーディスクドライブ (furoppī disuku doraibu)device for reading floppy disks
Polish stacja dyskietek
- stacja dyskietekdevice for reading floppy disks
Portuguese leitor/drive de disquetes/disquete
- leitor/drive de disquetes/disquetedevice for reading floppy disks
Romanian unitate de dischetă
- unitate de dischetădevice for reading floppy disks
Russian дисково́д
- дисково́д (diskovód)device for reading floppy disks
Spanish disquetera, unidad de disquete
- disqueteradevice for reading floppy disks
- unidad de disquetedevice for reading floppy disks
Swedish diskettstation
- diskettstationdevice for reading floppy disks
Cite this entry
APA
floppy drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floppy%20drive
MLA
“floppy drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floppy%20drive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floppy drive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floppy%20drive.
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