memory card

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. a very small, portable electronic device for flash-memory data storage, as in a digital camera, cell phone, or digital media player.

Word History and Origins

Origin of memory card¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Most modern digital cameras have the capability built in to take photos every number of seconds until a memory card is full.

From Los Angeles Times

When a poet filled a memory card, either Barrow or Edwards would pick it up, and when the next filming day with that poet came, the three of them would discuss the footage.

From Los Angeles Times

The images were transferred to a memory card and later turned over to police by the person who took the phone.

From Seattle Times

For the first time, researchers have taken what was once a tabletop-size system and shrunken much of it into a compact chip, about the same size as a digital camera memory card.

From Science Daily

The woman, a sex worker who became a key witness during the trial in Anchorage, then copied the footage to a memory card and ultimately turned it over to police, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times