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What do you call it?  

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  1. 1. What do you call it?

    • USB Flash Drive
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    • USB Stick
      4
    • USB Key
      1
    • Other (Specify)
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What do you call this.

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What is actually supposed to go here? Some people put their specs, others put random comments or remarks about themselves or others, and there are a few who put cryptic statements.

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If I recall correctly the official term is "USB flash drive" but as this wiki points out we call it a lot of things which are also correct.

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USB stick, because that is the term used in the country I live in and it's just how I got used to calling it.

 

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i typically say flash drive without the usb part

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I say USB Drive.

 

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In English, I call it a USB flash drive.

 

- It normally uses flash memory, meaning that data must be written in large blocks. 

- It is sometimes shaped like a pen, so it could be called a pen drive. 

- It isn't some kind of hardware key (like a thumbprint reader), though it could contain a software key. And it is small enough that you could put it on a keychain. However, I don't really think this works very well.

- USB drive normally implies an external hard-drive (whether solid-state or disc) with a USB connection. A USB thumb drive is technically external, but minus the stereotypical USB cord.

- They are normally about the size of your thumb so calling it a USB thumb drive works fine.

- I've never heard of a fire-wire thumb drive, so just calling it a thumb drive will probably work.

 

And no, they don't use discs.

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I call it either flash drive or USB drive.

 

Sometimes <operating system name> install disk(this is the case with 2 of my USB drives).

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