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A flash drive (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive/pendrive) [1] [note 1] is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc, and usually weighs less than 30 g (1 oz).
The first flash-memory based PC to become available was the Sony Vaio UX90, announced for pre-order on 27 June 2006 and began to be shipped in Japan on 3 July 2006 with a 16 GB flash memory hard drive. [194] In late September 2006 Sony upgraded the flash-memory in the Vaio UX90 to 32 GB. [195]
USB flash drive: Various USB 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1 2000/2001 8 TB [10] (not to scale) Universally compatible across most non-mobile computer platforms, their greater size suits them better to file transfer/storage instead of use in portable devices
A flash drive is a portable computer drive that uses flash memory. Flash drives are the larger memory modules consisting of a number of flash chips. A flash chip is used to read the contents of a single cell, but it can write entire block of cells. They connect to a USB port [1] and function as a folder.
In the list those manufacturers that also produce hard disk drives or flash memory are identified. Additionally, the type of memory used in their solid-state drives is noted. This list does not include the manufacturers of specific components of SSDs, such as flash memory controllers. [1]
A USB flash drive, also variously known as a, thumb drive, pen drive, jump drive, disk key, disk on key, flash-drive, memory stick or USB memory, is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface.
USB drive may refer to: A USB flash drive or "thumb drive", a USB-connected computer storage using semiconductor non-volatile random-access memory; A USB external drive, a hard drive fitted with a USB interface Secure Digital, a non-volatile memory card format; CompactFlash, a flash memory mass storage device; Memory Stick, a removable flash ...
The prevalence of malware infection by means of USB flash drive was documented in a 2011 Microsoft study [6] analyzing data from more than 600 million systems worldwide in the first half of 2011. The study found that 26 percent of all malware infections of Windows system were due to USB flash drives exploiting the AutoRun feature in Microsoft ...