POLL: What do YOU call USB flash drives?

[dpopiz]

I hear people calling them so many different things. It's too bad there's no agreed upon term like "floppy" or "CD".

 

[Anubis]

i dont call them anything i dont have one, that free one from dell never came

you forgot Pen Drive which is what i hear them called the most

 

[TitanDiddly]

Flash drive, or Thumb drive.

 

[Deeko]

flash drive or usb drive

 

[Tremulant]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i dont call them anything i dont have one, that free one from dell never came

you forgot Pen Drive which is what i hear them called the most

Same for me.

I use my dad's though, until I order one for me.

Btw, Anubis, @ amazon.com there's a 512MB Sandisk one for like $45 after MIR. I'm going to pick that one up, lol.

Oh, and I call them a thumb drive or pen drive or usb key because I'm not sure what their exact name is.

 

[Anubis]

Trem: thanks for the info but i have absoutly no use for one, but free is alweas good IMO

 

[Tremulant]

Anubis: True, free is always nice. I use it to carry documents back and forth from class, cause I don't have a floppy drive in this computer (and don't really feel like putting one in). My dad uses it to backup all of his contracts and stuff because his laptop was stolen a few months ago (out of a hotel room) and since then he's been kinda paranoid about it. The laptop was returned though, the police found it in a crackhouse and the only reason we got it back was because we knew the serial number.

 

[cronos]

i used to say flash drive.
if people are like 'huh?' i clarified by 'you know, solid state memory with USB interface', and they're like 'what?'

 

[mpitts]

Memory key is what I say.

Flash drive makes the most sense.

 

[ViRGE]

Pen drive.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Flash Drive or Pen Drive

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

i have a couple. used to use them, but lost interest.

usb drive or usb flash drive

 

[kag]

I just call it my "usb", haha. Or sometimes my "usb drive" or "usb key".

My friend is worse, he calls it a finger.

 

[Sid59]

thumb drive

 

[johnjbruin]

usb key

 

[Cook1]

I call em Flash Drives, and if anyone gives me a "huh?" look, then I go "You know USB Drives" and do a poking motion with my hands...dunno way, just do

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Deeko
flash drive or usb drive

 

[jadinolf]

Pen Drive.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin
usb key

 

[Schadenfroh]

memory stick, usb memory stick

 

[brtspears2]

Jumpdrive, since mines made my Lexar.

 

[daveshel]

all of the above, and thumbnail drive

 

[mchammer187]

usb drive

 

[TuxDave]

Add pen drive... that's what I hear around here.

 

[Beller0ph1]

Either flash or thumb drive for me. I voted flash.