Memory Stick

[ mem-uh-ree stik ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a kind of memory card.

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) flash drive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Memory Stick¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

They also found a saw, cellphones, CDs, a memory stick and DNA evidence, along with the notebooks that allegedly detailed his crimes.

From Los Angeles Times

A take would be about an hour long because that was the length of the memory stick in the cameras.

From Salon

Police found 50 serious sexual offence images involving the abuse of young children including one aged 18 months on a memory stick.

From BBC

Mr Schneider denies obtaining the documents, which he says were passed to him on a USB memory stick by Ms Ignatova.

From BBC

More than 20,000 typical disks would be needed to replicate an average memory stick storing 32GB of information.

From BBC