memory card

noun

: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (such as a camera or cell phone)
But as these digital wonders continue to improve with higher megapixel capacities, digital shutterbugs find themselves having to buy larger-capacity flash memory cards to hold the bigger image files.Craig Crossman

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No one wants to deal with tangled cords or missing adapters mid-vacation, and this best-selling Amazon case keeps everything from chargers to memory cards neatly in place. Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025 Most entry-level cameras need to have the memory card swapped out or cleared. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025 Recordings are automatically uploaded to the cloud at 100% quality while the camera's 1,255-mAh lithium-ion battery is charging, at which time the memory card is also automatically wiped. Ben Coxworth october 10, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025 In addition, the projector offers a USB Type-A port and a card slot for reading files from USB memory as well as TF and Micro SD memory cards. PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for memory card

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First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of memory card was in 1974

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“Memory card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memory%20card. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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memory card

noun
: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (as a cell phone)
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