Definition: A flash drive is a small, ultra-portable storage device which, unlike a hard drive or optical drive, has no moving parts.
Most flash drives connect to the PC via a built-in USB port. Storage capacity ranges from as small as 16MB to as much as 256GB.
Flash drives can be written and rewritten to an almost unlimited number of times, much like a standard hard drive.
Flash drives have essentially replaced floppy drives and larger flash drives are often better options for regular data storage than even optical drives.
Also Known As: USB drive, pen drive, thumb drive, jump drive, solid state drive
Examples:
"Tom said he hasn't used his DVD burner for data files since he purchased his 16GB flash drive."
