Timeline for What is the standard term for a USB flash-drive/pen/thumb/stick?
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| May 20, 2016 at 10:34 | comment | added | AlainD |
Our software supports two dozen (and counting) languages and runs on machines sitting in a factory. A user plugs in their USB flash drive and saves a report or backs up settings. We use the highly generic term USB because translation issues with flash and stick are fraught with complications! No-one complains because in our context the meaning of USB is unambiguous.
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| Feb 15, 2013 at 22:45 | history | edited | Oliver SalzburgMod |
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| Mar 13, 2012 at 14:14 | comment | added | conspiritech | technically SD cards and others are also flash memory so unfortunately 'flash drive' cannot be right although it would be elegant. also 'usb-storage' or 'usb-drive' can't be right because there are hard disks, card readers, cd/dvd drives etc that connect with USB. I vote for 'usb-stick'. | |
| Aug 11, 2011 at 13:51 | history | edited | Breakthrough | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2011 at 13:50 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2011 at 13:22 | answer | added | Breakthrough | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 19:09 | comment | added | paradd0x | You forgot finger. | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 18:10 | answer | added | wizlog | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 4:46 | history | edited | studiohackMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2010 at 17:58 | history | migrated | from meta.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 25, 2009 at 14:57 | comment | added | Brad Gilbert |
Should this be tagged [retag-request]?
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| Jul 25, 2009 at 14:33 | comment | added | mas | @Ian Elliott - whilst flash drive is correct it has perhaps become somewhat ambiguous with the advent of 'SSDs' as the difference can be in form factor rather than mechanism. | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 14:44 | comment | added | balpha | I always carry a 360kb 5 1/4 inch floppy in my pocket. I don't need your young kid's toys. | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 13:04 | answer | added | Simon P Stevens | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 13:02 | answer | added | voyager | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 13:02 | answer | added | Patrick McElhaney | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 12:57 | comment | added | Ian Elliott | The correct term is flash drive, however many people insist on calling them by names with varying degrees of nonsense. I am also noticing the spread of this issue based on the fact that you didn't even include that in your question... | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 12:56 | answer | added | TheTXI | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 12:55 | answer | added | Jon Skeet | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2009 at 12:50 | history | asked | mas | CC BY-SA 2.5 |