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USB _________ (fill in the blank) What you call flash drives/usb keys/pen drives/you know what i means

Poll: USB devices (86 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you call them?

  1. (USB) Flash drive (44 votes [51.16%])

    Percentage of vote: 51.16%

  2. (USB) Pen drive (11 votes [12.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.79%

  3. USB-key (9 votes [10.47%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.47%

  4. (USB) flash key (2 votes [2.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.33%

  5. Something else (specify) (20 votes [23.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.26%

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#61 User is offline   Sp0iLedBrAt 

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Posted 11 June 2010 - 06:07 PM

USB, USB stick, or USB little key (word-to-word translation). Sometimes I just call it the "thingy".


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Posted 11 January 2011 - 09:46 AM

USB Stick.

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Posted 15 January 2011 - 01:49 PM

Does it really matter what you want to call it? You could call it a popcicle if you want, but when you go to buy one, you'd better know what the manufacturer and the dealer calls it, or you may not get what you want.
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Apparently, "Memory Stick" is what they call those little flat dohickies that you plug into your digital camera.

I see them all the time in the stores, on the sales racks, and every one of them has "Flash Drive" plainly printed on the package.
So is there really any argument about what to call them? I'd think NOT!

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This post has been edited by Andromeda43: 15 January 2011 - 01:51 PM


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Posted 13 July 2011 - 04:09 AM

I agree "USB flash drive" is probably the best option.
But I think "USB pen drive", or even just "pendrive" has become vernacular already. My 2 ¢ only, of course.

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Posted 06 March 2012 - 02:13 PM

I ussually call the small USB mass storage device a thumb drive. Any hard drives that plug into a USB port is a USB hard drive.

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