What (who) is Zip Drive - definition
REMOVABLE FLOPPY DISK STORAGE SYSTEM
Zip disk; Iomega Zip; ZIP drive; ZipCD; Zipdisc; Zip disc; Zipdisk; Zip Drive; Zipdrive; Zip Drives; Zip Disk; Zip DIsk; Iomega Zip drive; Iomega ZIP; Zip (drive); ZIP-100; ZIP 100; ZIP100; ZIP-250; ZIP 250; ZIP250; ZIP-750; ZIP 750; ZIP750
zip drive
A zip drive is a piece of computer equipment that you use for storing large amounts of data. (COMPUTING)
Zip drives help people to organise their important information.
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Zip Drive
<hardware, storage> A disk drive from Iomega Corporation
which takes removable hard disks storig 100 to 750
megabytes. Both internal and external drives are
manufactured, making the drive suitable for backup, mass
storage or for moving files between computers. Software is
included to help with file organisation. The internal SCSI
model offers up to 60 MB / minute transfer rate.
The Zip drive was awarded Byte's Readers' {Hardware Choice
Award 1996 (http://byte.com/art/9607/sec11/art1.htm) }. It was
superceded by the Jaz drive which takes one gigbyte disks.
(2008-01-21)
zip disk
A zip disk is a computer disk, similar to a floppy disk but capable of storing greater amounts of data. (COMPUTING)
Zip disks could be used to store the equivalent of three music CDs.
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Zip drive
The Zip drive is a removable floppy disk storage system that was introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Considered medium-to-high-capacity at the time of its release, Zip disks were originally launched with capacities of 100 MB, then 250 MB, and finally 750 MB.
The format became the most popular of the superfloppy products which filled a niche in the late 1990s portable storage market. However, it was never popular enough to replace the 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disk. Zip drives fell out of favor for mass portable storage during the early 2000s as CD-RW and USB flash drives became prevalent. The Zip brand later covered internal and external CD writers known as Zip-650 or Zip-CD, despite the dissimilar technology.
Pronunciation examples for Zip Drive
1. drive to zip drive to flash drives.
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