Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floppy diskette drive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: flop-py disket-te -drive
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.

Example Sentences

"Floppy diskette drives have largely been replaced by more efficient media such as the USB memory stick."

Etymology

From floppy diskette + drive.

Inflected Forms

floppy diskette drives (plural)

Phrases

hard drive

Frequently Paired Words

hard drive

Synonyms

floppy disk drive floppy disc drive diskette drive floppy drive FDD FD

Questions

What does floppy diskette drive mean?: A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.
Where does floppy diskette drive come from?: From floppy diskette + drive.

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