flash drive
noun
: a data storage device that uses flash memory
specifically
: a small rectangular device that is designed to be plugged directly into a USB port on a computer and is often used for transferring files from one computer to another
called also thumb drive
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Created by musical duo Paul & Storm and Adam Savage (MythBusters), guest comedians will whip out their flash drives for what’s sure to be a not-very-educational laughfest.
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Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
This license was taken up by vendors who used the contents of the paquete to burn DVDs of pirated telenovelas, reality TV shows, and other content, and, in later years, shifted to copying individual files directly onto clients’ hard drives and flash drives.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
SanDisk Extreme Pro 128-GB Flash Drive for $36 This is our top flash drive pick.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors said that someone at the Williamson County sheriff's office had found the report on a flash drive the previous night and notified them then.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Mar. 2024
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Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
This license was taken up by vendors who used the contents of the paquete to burn DVDs of pirated telenovelas, reality TV shows, and other content, and, in later years, shifted to copying individual files directly onto clients’ hard drives and flash drives.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
SanDisk Extreme Pro 128-GB Flash Drive for $36 This is our top flash drive pick.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors said that someone at the Williamson County sheriff's office had found the report on a flash drive the previous night and notified them then.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Flash drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20drive. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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