flash drive
noun
: a data storage device that uses flash memory
specifically
: a small rectangular device that is designed to be plugged directly into a USB port on a computer and is often used for transferring files from one computer to another
called also thumb drive
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In footage of his arrest released by Russian state media, Whelan is in his hotel room bathroom talking to an acquaintance who hands him a flash drive moments before agents from Russia's intelligence agency, the FSB, detained him.
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Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
In June, an Arizona election worker was charged with stealing a magnetic security key to a vote-tabulating machine, and, in 2022, a Michigan worker was charged with copying voter information onto a personal flash drive.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
Todd has told media outlets, including Rolling Stone, that the book was given to him on a flash drive by two music industry sources.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
In present-day California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett, loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
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Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
In June, an Arizona election worker was charged with stealing a magnetic security key to a vote-tabulating machine, and, in 2022, a Michigan worker was charged with copying voter information onto a personal flash drive.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
Todd has told media outlets, including Rolling Stone, that the book was given to him on a flash drive by two music industry sources.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
In present-day California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett, loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Flash drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20drive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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