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zip drive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
zip -drive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A storage device, similar to a floppy disk drive but using disks with a much larger capacity (100, 250, or 750 MB, compared to a normal floppy disk capacity of 1.44 MB).

Etymology

A trademark of the Iomega Corporation. See zip (“move quickly”).

Inflected Forms

Zip drives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

zip

Questions

What does zip drive mean?
A storage device, similar to a floppy disk drive but using disks with a much larger capacity (100, 250, or 750 MB, compared to a normal floppy disk capacity of 1.44 MB).
Where does zip drive come from?
A trademark of the Iomega Corporation. See zip (“move quickly”).

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