USB what?

[Computernaut]

What do you call this.

[Sfekke]

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.

[jiyeon]

I call it a USB drive out of technicality that it's a disk drive on a USB interface.

[minibois]

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.

 

[Jtalk4456]

i typically say flash drive without the usb part

[King_of_Oz]

I say USB Drive.

[redsquirrel0249]

dongle

[Monkey Dust]

Everyone I know calls it USB stick, maybe it's a British thing?

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, Monkey Dust said:

Everyone I know calls it USB stick, maybe it's a British thing?

I can relate, my teachers would always call it a USB stick.

[luchelibre]

Thumb drive.

[Christophe Corazza]

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.

[Crunchy Dragon]

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).