Flash drive
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A flash drive is a portable computer drive that uses flash memory. Flash drives are the larger memory modules consisting of several flash chips. A flash chip is used to read the contents of a single cell, but it can write an entire block of cells.
How to Use a Flash Drive
To use a flash drive, just insert it into a free USB port on the computer.
On most computers, you'll be alerted that the flash drive was inserted and the contents of the drive will appear on the screen, similar to how other drives on your computer appear when you browse for files.
You can also use a flash drive with an Android phone or connect one to an iPhone or iPad. Exactly what happens when you use your flash drive depends on your version of Windows or another operating system, and how you have your computer configured.
Specific flash drive types
- Flash memory-based CompactFlash (CF) card (including CFast card) and XQD card (Note: some other types of CF and XQD card are not flash memory-based)
- Memory Stick (MS)
- MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- Secure Digital card (SD, SDHC, SDXC)
- SmartMedia card (SM)
- xD-Picture Card (xD)
Other:
- Solid-state drive, SSD, using flash memory (a few SSDs use DRAM or MRAM)
- USB flash drive (UFD)
See also
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