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floppy disk drive
noun
A floppy drive; a disk drive for floppy disks.
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So was the floppy disk drive in the computer.
It ejected the floppy disk drive from the iMac long before any other manufacturers dared.
Also an optional 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive (112kb or 140kb each depending on firmware revision).
With iDisk, Apple has at last atoned for the lack of a floppy disk drive on its iMac computers.
CONVENIENCE -- Among these models, only Toshiba includes a CD-ROM player and floppy disk drive that occupy the unit simultaneously.
The system also comes with speakers, a 20X CD-ROM drive, a floppy disk drive and a 15-inch monitor.
It's especially useful for Mac owners without a floppy disk drive and works with Windows PC's, too.
Apple has form here, removing the floppy disk drive from the iMac long before most people were ready, and most Apple computers are without an optical drive now.
A disk is inserted in the computer's floppy disk drive, an assembly of magnetic heads and a mechanical device for rotating the disk for reading or writing purposes.
It is priced at $995 with a single floppy disk drive, and at $1,499 with a hard disk and additional memory.
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HARD DISK DRIVE MAKERS Apple was one of the first computer makers to eschew floppy disk drives.
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