A USB drive (or USB flash drive, or thumb drive, or memory stick, or pendrive) is a portable device for storing data that includes a flash memory and has and integrated USB interface, thus can be connected to USB ports. Use this tag for questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
A USB drive (or USB flash drive, or thumb drive, or memory stick, or pendrive) is a portable device for storing data. It includes a flash memory and has and integrated USB interface, thus can be connected to USB ports.
USB drives have small enough size to be easily carried around in a pocket or in a key chain and modern USB drives (as of 2023) range in storage capacity from 8 GB to 2 TB.
They are usually used for:
- Transferring data
- Storing and backing up data
- Booting operating systems (Live USBs)
- Installing operating systems
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