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flash drive

or flashdrive

noun

, Computers.
  1. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.


flash drive

noun

  1. a pocket-sized portable computer hard drive and data storage device See also key drive pen drive thumb drive USB drive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flash drive1

First recorded in 1990–95
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Example Sentences

He also told the Associated Press that sources “very close to Kim and Sean Combs” provided him with a “flash drive, documents and tapes” from Porter that he pieced together to create the memoir.

“They were so excited to be there with a filmmaker. And they knew that I had made a film about prison guards, so they wanted to watch it. They had found a flash drive and every night, I had no choice in the film I wanted to watch.”

Once Brooklyn accessed the system, she pulled out a flash drive containing the virus created by the computer techs at MI6.

He plugged in the flash drive.

“It looks like a normal flash drive, but it’s not. It’s actually a nasty little device called a keylogger. It copies everything someone types on a computer. It’s basic gear for a hacker.”

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