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pen drives

pen drives is the plural of pen drive.

Meaning of pen drive

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
    Synonyms:
    data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, thumb drive, USB

Questions about pen drives

What is pen drives the plural of?
Pen drives is the plural of pen drive.

Words near pen drives in the dictionary

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

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