A head slot is the opening on the 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy disk that allows the floppy disk drive to read data from the floppy.

On the 3.5" floppy disk (as shown), the head slot is found behind the read/write metal access door that slides left to right to expose the floppy disk.

With a 5.25-inch floppy diskette the head slot is the hole at the bottom of the diskette exposing the floppy disk.

Floppy drive terms

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