Is there a standardized name for the USB keychain harddrive?

[isasir]

Is there a universal name for these things, or does each company have it's own name?

 

[jadinolf]

I don't know and I just call mine a pen drive.

 

[new2AMD]

I call it a jump drive. I have a 1gb cruzer.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: isasir
or does each company have it's own name?

Yes.

That said, I personally believe thumbdrive/flash drive are universally understood (although perhaps not universally accepted).

 

[isasir]

Co-workers ask me all the time what the name of it is, and I think I've given a different name each time.

 

[FoBoT]

it is a USB device
or
USB memory thingy
or USB drive emulator

 

[cerebusPu]

i call it a usb flash drive.

 

[Bassyhead]

usb drive or pen drive

 

[lokiju]

USB Thumb Drive.

 

[Schadenfroh]

memory stick

 

[Kelemvor]

USB Drive, flash drive, thumb drive, jump drive.... I jsut call it a USB drive.

 

[Bootprint]

Clint

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

MIKE

 

[DaFinn]

USBthingamabob!

 

[Cat13]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
memory stick

 

[Bootprint]

It's always a pain to search some store websites since there is no standard name for them.

 

[BCYL]

I call mine JumpDrive, cuz it says 'JumpDrive' right on it (it's a Lexar)

 

[torpid]

Jumpdrive seems the most popular here, even though people don't have an actual jumpdrive. I think memory stick is used, but it can be misleading because I think there really is something called a memory stick and it's not a USB drive. I've seem thumbdrive on AT a lot.

 

[ribbon13]

I call em Jump stick. Tons of people I know from the WSU campus call em that to.

 

[Colt45]

flash

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Needs more poll.

I call it a thumb drive, or when speaking to the non-technical, keychain drive.

 

[b0mbrman]

If I'm on a store's website, I usually find them by searching for USB drive...same w/Ebay. At B&M stores, they usually know what I'm talking about when I say USB drive

 

[FlyLice]

Thumb drive or Flash drive.

 

[dolph]

thumb drive... but hmm. i dont really like any of them.

 

[WhiteWonder]

I say flash and jump.

I have no idea why.