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ＺＩＰドライブ (ジップドライブ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＺＩＰドライブ

Meanings

1

noun

Zip drive

computing

Refers specifically to the Iomega Zip drive, a removable disk storage system popular in the 1990s and early 2000s. Now largely obsolete.

昔むかしのパソコンにはＺＩＰドライブが内ない蔵ぞうされていた。
Old PCs had a built-in Zip drive.

Similar words

フロッピーディスク
A floppy disk is an earlier, lower-capacity removable storage medium. A Zip drive uses larger, more durable disks.
USBメモリ
USB flash drives are the modern, smaller, and more portable replacement for Zip drives.

Etymology

From the English brand name 'Zip drive' by Iomega. The Japanese form uses full-width characters for 'ZIP' and katakana for 'drive'.