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memory stick en · NOUN

Etymology

From Memory Stick, a Sony brand name.

Meanings

1. One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.
2. A portable solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device equipped with a USB (or similarly specified) plug for direct connection to a corresponding port; a USB drive, thumb drive or pen drive.
   • You might be wondering at this point what dark secrets I had locked away on my phone and memory sticks and email. 2008, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, page 56:
   • The first step to increasing your drive space is to add a new storage device. It can be a hard drive (IDE or SCSI), but also a USB or FireWire memory stick. 2003, Jon Hall, Paul G. Sery, Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies, page 343:
   • To do this, you can run a script on a computer periodically to check for any attached USB disk drives or memory sticks. 2009, Steve Seguis, Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies, unnumbered page:

Forms

Relateds

flash card · flashcard · memory card

Synonyms

USB drive (generic portable solid-state data storage device) · thumb drive (generic portable solid-state data storage device) · pen drive (generic portable solid-state data storage device) · data stick (generic portable solid-state data storage device)

Translations (36)

cmn 記憶棒 /记忆棒 (memory card, flash card) · fi muistikortti (memory card, flash card) · ru флеш-па́мять (memory card, flash card) · es memoria USB (memory card, flash card) · eo memorkarto (memory card, flash card) · fr carte mémoire (memory card, flash card) · pl karta pamięci (memory card, flash card) · nrf badgette dé mémouaithe (memory card, flash card) · he כרטיס זיכרון (memory card, flash card) · th หน่วยความจำ (memory card, flash card) · de SD-Card (memory card, flash card) · ru флеш-накопи́тель (memory card, flash card) · ru флэш-па́мять (memory card, flash card) · tr hafıza kartı (memory card, flash card) · ru флэш-накопи́тель (memory card, flash card) · de Speicherkarte (memory card, flash card) · sv Memory Stick (memory card, flash card) · cy cofbin (memory card, flash card) · ja メモリースティック (memory card, flash card) · cy ffon gof (memory card, flash card) · es lápiz de memoria (memory card, flash card) · cmn 記憶條 /记忆条 (memory card, flash card) · nl geheugenstick (memory card, flash card) · el κάρτα μνήμης (memory card, flash card) · cy cof bach (memory card, flash card) · tr bellek kartı (memory card, flash card) · de Multimedia-Card (memory card, flash card) · th เมมโมรี่สติ๊ก (memory card, flash card) · fa کارت حافظه (memory card, flash card) · cmn 記憶卡 /记忆卡 (memory card, flash card) · pt cartão de memória (memory card, flash card) · ru ка́рточка па́мяти (memory card, flash card) · nl Memory Stick (memory card, flash card) · hu Memory Stick (memory card, flash card) · ko 메모리 스틱 (memory card, flash card) · es tarjeta de memoria (memory card, flash card)