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Later, Memory Stick and Secure Digital/Multi Media Card versions were made as well. FlashPath adapters were sold both branded by SmartDisk, and as OEM devices under other brand names. FlashPath is hardware compatible with all standard 3.5" High-Density Floppy disk drives, but is not a drop-in replacement for real floppy disks.
Modern computers, both laptops and desktops, often have SD slots, which can additionally read MMCs if the operating system drivers can. Since the introduction of SD cards, few companies build MMC slots into their devices (an exception is some mobile devices like the Nokia 9300 communicator in 2004, where the smaller size of the MMC is a benefit ...
Unlocked and locked SD cards Sony 64 GB SF-M Tough Series UHS-II SDXC Memory Card is one of the few cards in the market without a sliding tab on the write protect notch. Most full-size SD cards have a "mechanical write protect switch" allowing the user to advise the host computer that the user wants the device to be treated as read-only.
The SmartMedia format was launched in the summer of 1995 [citation needed] to compete with the MiniCard, CompactFlash, and PC Card formats. [citation needed] Although memory cards are nowadays associated with digital cameras, digital audio players, PDAs, and similar devices, SmartMedia was pitched as a successor to the computer floppy disk.
Thousands of device models and hundreds of products across dozens of product categories integrate the small, removable memory cards. [2] The SD Association develops industry standards that define the next generation of SD cards and guide manufacturers in developing new products. [3] [4] [5] This strategy has made the SD memory card the most ...
Fibre Channel host bus adapter. The term host bus adapter (HBA) may be used to refer to a Fibre Channel interface card. In this case, it allows devices in a Fibre Channel storage area network to communicate data between each other – it may connect a server to a switch or storage device, connect multiple storage systems, or connect multiple servers. [2]
A subsidiary of Western Digital, it is known for its flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, solid-state drives, and digital audio players. As of March 2019, [update] Western Digital was the fourth-largest manufacturer of flash memory having declined from third-largest in 2014.
Originally developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (), the ExpressCard standard is maintained by the USB Implementers Forum ().The host device supports PCI Express, USB 2.0 (including Hi-Speed), and USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) [2] (ExpressCard 2.0 only) connectivity through the ExpressCard slot; cards can be designed to use any of these modes.