floppy disk drive
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A good example of this is when Apple put a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive in its very first Mac, at the now iconic desktop computer's launch in January 1984.
From Time • Aug. 21, 2017
Decades earlier, Apple released its first iMac without a floppy disk drive, a risky move in an era before CDs became the dominant medium.
From Time • Sep. 7, 2016
"They got rid of DVDs, they got rid of the floppy disk drive; they got rid of parallel ports, they're eventually getting rid of USB," says one expert.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2016
The 3.5-inch floppy disk drive that connects via a USB cable.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2010
When Halliday had first started programming, the poor kid hadn’t even had access to a floppy disk drive.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
