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pen drive

pen drive noun: a small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a flash drive.

pen drive: a small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a...
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Noun

pen drive (plural pen drives)

  1. (chiefly Asia) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a flash drive.
    • After Peter finished checking the operating system setup, he carefully unscrewed his pen drive and plugged the USB connection into the computer.2006 April, Juliane Viskup, Misdirection, Bloomington: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 92
    • So if you find yourself trapped in a pendrive/thumbdrive industry where everyone is basically making the same thing and copying patents whilst dishing out discounts, it's time to move on and separate yourself via a new identity.2008, Aminuddin Mahmud, “Branding - Mamak Style”, in Aminuddin Mahmud, editor, New Malaysian Essays, 2nd edition, volume 1, Kuala Lumpur: Mata Hari, →ISBN, page 60
    Synonyms:
    data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, thumb drive, USB

pen drive meaning in Tamil

pen drive in Tamil

விரலி, குறும்பதிவி, செருகு பதிவி

Synonyms of pen drive

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Forms of pen drive

pluralpen drives
alternative formpendrive

Origin of pen drive

A trademark for flash drives owned by Phison Electronics Corporation (US).

Questions about pen drive

What does pen drive mean?
Pen drive means a small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a flash drive.
What is pen drive in Tamil?
Pen drive in Tamil is விரலி, குறும்பதிவி, செருகு பதிவி. See Pen drive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pen drive?
Pen drive is a noun.
What is the plural of pen drive?
The plural of pen drive is pen drives.

Words near pen drive in the dictionary

  1. Pemulwuy
  2. PEMV
  3. pen
  4. pen and ink
  5. pen and paper
  6. pen drive
  7. pen drives
  8. pen friend
  9. pen friends
  10. pen gun
  11. pen guns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pen drive (page history and authors); pen drive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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