a portable drive about the size of a stick of gum that plugs into a USB port, not a huge mainframe
a small device that stores a lot of information and plugs easily into the USB port on your computer
a small electronic device housing a memory chip for the purpose of storing data in a manner similar to that of a hard drive on your computer
a small, removable data storage device that can be connected to a computer, usually via a USB port
a small self-powered drive that connects to a computer directly
a solid state read and write device that attaches to a computer and is usable as a standard hard drive
A non-removable data storage system built into select models that stores large amounts of information using non-volatile memory.
A small, lightweight, removable storage device that is usually plugged into a USB port on a computer. Flash drives can hold anywhere from 32 megabytes to several gigabytes of data.
No matter how it sounds, this isn’t the kind of thing that you could get arrested for doing on a dare after a night of partying. A flash drive is a nifty little portable device that stores your computer files on a small chip. These handheld devices are smaller than a pen or your thumb, making them much more portable than bulkier alternatives such as floppy discs or CDs. Their physical size has also led to a number of other nicknames for the devices, including pen drive, thumb drive, and keychain drive. With prices starting under $20, you can find them readily available in sizes ranging from 16 MB (the equivalent of 2% of a CD-ROM disc or about 11 floppy discs) up to 2 GB (2.6 CD-ROMs or over 1,300 floppy discs). With larger capacities being announced on a regular basis, this is absolutely an exception to the claim that "size doesn’t matter"; clearly bigger is better. Flash drives have effectively replaced floppy disk drives and Zip disks as portable storage devices. Once you get used to carrying one of these around, however, you will feel naked without it. Many of the flash drive devices come with neck straps so that you can even wear them as a pendant.
This very smart little (unless you're a real geek like me) piece of hardware is amazing. It contains a special kind of RAM that does not erase when power is lost. It's quickly replacing the floppy disk for quick, easy storage.
A modern data storage device containing flash memory that has no moving parts and does not need batteries or a power supply.
Nonvolatile memory card in Juniper Networks M-series and T-series routing platforms used for storing a copy of the JUNOS software and the current and most recent router configurations. It also typically acts as the primary boot device.
A flash drive , related to a solid state drive, is a storage device that uses flash memory rather than conventional spinning platters to store data. Unlike a USB flash drive or keydrive, flash drives tend to physically imitate conventional hard drives in size, shape, and interface so that they may act as a replacement for hard drives.