flash drive
or flash·drive
noun Computers.
a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
Also
Trademark,
ThumbDrive,
JumpDrive.
Also called
flash memory drive,
thumb drive,
USB drive.
See also
flash memory. Compare
memory card.
Origin of flash drive
First recorded in 1990–95
Words nearby flash drive
flaring,
flash,
flash blindness,
flash burn,
flash card,
flash drive,
flash eliminator,
flash fiction,
flash flood,
flash gun,
flash in the pan
British Dictionary definitions for thumb drive (1 of 2)
thumb drive
noun
a thumb-sized portable computer hard drive and data storage device
British Dictionary definitions for thumb drive (2 of 2)
flash drive
noun
a pocket-sized portable computer hard drive and data storage device
See also key drive, pen drive, thumb drive, USB drive