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Won't (I hope) be long 'til someone offers the 1TB "thumbdrive"* without the baggage (already carry a Benchmade, don't need another in-pocket toybox). Esp. nice

Won't (I hope) be long 'til someone offers the 1TB "thumbdrive"* without the baggage (already carry a Benchmade, don't need another in-pocket toybox). Esp. nice having the writable display. * - am amazed that nobody has yet come up with a suitable, consistent, catchy, universally-accepted name for "tiny solid-state data storage device with ubiquitous interface". Anything with "drive" in the name is an anachronism.

user24 15y ago
a lot of people use some variant of 'stick', eg 'thumbstick', 'usb stick'.
sp332 15y ago
It says the drive can be "easily changed" between two bodies, which means it can also be removed and just stuck in your pocket without a "body".
agumonkey 15y ago
I vote for `memorycard`
- nodata 15y ago
  Memory card is trademarked by Sony. I've heard the horrible "usb key" used a lot (even though it's not a key). I prefer usb stick.
  - agumonkey 15y ago
    But "usb stick" is so semantically loose, no mention of data, storage, retention, persistency, memory. Also non persistent, when nobody remembers what USB is, there will be another new lingo like holothumb (yeah cause it will project data holographically right onto your thumbnail so why not). Too bad for memorycard though it was simple and generic enough. Can't we opensource it ~_~ ?
  - shabble 15y ago
    From an (incredibly) brief skim of http://www.sony.co.uk/product/rec-memory-stick http://www.sony.co.uk/product/rec-memory-stick, it looks like they have a mark on "Memory Stick", but not necessarily "Memory Card".
    - nodata 15y ago
      Oops you're right.
  - adambard 15y ago
    I have heard just "usb" from many people. "Do you have a usb I can borrow?" It's grating.
    - agumonkey 15y ago
      almost tops the 'iTouch'.
teach 15y ago
In my school we call them 'flash drives', which I like.
squidfood 15y ago
Around here, we just call them "thingies".
m_for_monkey 15y ago
Wikipedia redirects to "USB Flash Drive", the article has a section about naming, too (with names I've never heard). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb_stick#Naming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb_stick#Naming
Aloisius 15y ago
I call anything that hangs out of a computer from a port a dongle, but I suppose that's too generic.

user24 15y ago

a lot of people use some variant of 'stick', eg 'thumbstick', 'usb stick'.

sp332 15y ago

It says the drive can be "easily changed" between two bodies, which means it can also be removed and just stuck in your pocket without a "body".

agumonkey 15y ago

I vote for `memorycard`

nodata 15y ago
Memory card is trademarked by Sony. I've heard the horrible "usb key" used a lot (even though it's not a key). I prefer usb stick.
- agumonkey 15y ago
  But "usb stick" is so semantically loose, no mention of data, storage, retention, persistency, memory. Also non persistent, when nobody remembers what USB is, there will be another new lingo like holothumb (yeah cause it will project data holographically right onto your thumbnail so why not). Too bad for memorycard though it was simple and generic enough. Can't we opensource it ~_~ ?
- shabble 15y ago
  From an (incredibly) brief skim of http://www.sony.co.uk/product/rec-memory-stick http://www.sony.co.uk/product/rec-memory-stick, it looks like they have a mark on "Memory Stick", but not necessarily "Memory Card".
  - nodata 15y ago
    Oops you're right.
- adambard 15y ago
  I have heard just "usb" from many people. "Do you have a usb I can borrow?" It's grating.
  - agumonkey 15y ago
    almost tops the 'iTouch'.

teach 15y ago

In my school we call them 'flash drives', which I like.

squidfood 15y ago

Around here, we just call them "thingies".

m_for_monkey 15y ago

Wikipedia redirects to "USB Flash Drive", the article has a section about naming, too (with names I've never heard). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb_stick#Naming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb_stick#Naming

Aloisius 15y ago

I call anything that hangs out of a computer from a port a dongle, but I suppose that's too generic.