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flash drive

flash drive noun: a small, portable, nonvolatile storage device that uses flash memory and a USB interface to store, transport, and retrieve digital data.

flash drive: a small, portable, nonvolatile storage device that uses flash memory and a USB interface to store,...
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Noun

flash drive (plural flash drives)

  1. A small, portable, nonvolatile storage device that uses flash memory and a USB interface to store, transport, and retrieve digital data.
    Synonyms:
    data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, thumb drive, USB

flash drive meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

flash drive in Hindi

storage device
फ़्लैश ड्राइव flaiś ḍrāiv

flash drive in Arabic

storage device
فِلَاشَة filāša

flash drive in Thai

storage device
แฟลชไดรฟ์, ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์ tám-drái

flash drive in Vietnamese

storage device
USB

Synonyms of flash drive

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All synonyms of flash drive

Forms of flash drive

pluralflash drives

Origin of flash drive

So called because it is a storage device that uses flash memory.

Questions about flash drive

What does flash drive mean?
Flash drive means a small, portable, nonvolatile storage device that uses flash memory and a USB interface to store, transport, and retrieve digital data.
What is flash drive in Hindi?
Flash drive in Hindi is फ़्लैश ड्राइव (flaiś ḍrāiv). See Flash drive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is flash drive?
Flash drive is a noun.
What is the plural of flash drive?
The plural of flash drive is flash drives.

Words near flash drive in the dictionary

  1. flash cubes
  2. flash cut
  3. flash cuts
  4. flash disk
  5. flash disks
  6. flash drive
  7. flash drives
  8. flash drought
  9. flash droughts
  10. flash fiction
  11. flash fictions

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