noun
floppy disk drive; FDD
Computing term for a drive that reads and writes floppy disks. Now largely historical.
昔のパソコンにはフロッピーディスクドライブが内蔵されていた。
Old PCs had a built-in floppy disk drive.
Spelling with interpuncts; sometimes used for clarity or in technical contexts.
Refers to the floppy disk itself, not the drive.
Borrowed from English 'floppy disk drive'.