Are they called "thumb drives" or "memory sticks"?



Answers:
There is a difference between the two. A memory stick is a brand of memory card. A thumb drive is a portable memory drive.
I have never heard of thumb drives, but I have bought memory sticks, and I think they were just called memory sticks
yup

both

depends on what you prefer calling them


B.
I've heard them called thumb drives, jump drives, memory cards, memory sticks, etc. I think they are all acceptable.
they can be called both
think of it dis way...da laptop/pc is da p*ssy...and da thumb drive/memory sticks is the penis...so call it memory c*ck...
Both of the above are common... also USB sticks, USB memory sticks, USB stick drives, stick drives... plus I'm sure lots of other names. Oh, and Sony call them Micro Vaults.

Or they are even called MP3 players or digital cameras or phones...
either is correct but the actual name is Flash drives
A thumb drive is a USB Flash Drive that acts like a hard drive when it is plugged into a USB port. A memory stick is not a USB device. It is a memory chip on a different medium that is often used in specific digital cameras. You can get an adapter that will plug into a USB port and then you can insert the memory stick in that. THen it acts like a Flash Drive. The only real difference is the connection and the intended use.
If your using it in a computer then it's thumb drive. But in Cameras and video games there memory sticks.
memory sticks
They can be called both. :)
..also usb flash drives, flash drives, usb drives, pen drives.
They're called both. They're also called USB drives, and flash drives, and jump drives. You can also get custom ones - see the links below.
Moondog's right! They are called USB Flash-Drives or USB Drives! Memory Sticks(Sony TM) is a 'media' that is used in specific digital cameras and devices alike such as the PSP, and phones! They are not actually memory chips, but a 'media' that is used. Thumb drives is just a 'nickname' that Americans(or other Western nations) use for the so-called USB Flash-drives!

The answers post by the user, for information only, RunQA.com does not guarantee the right.


More Questions and Answers ...
  • Can anyone tell me where I can get a replacement stylus for an Aiptek Hyper Pen graphics tablet please? (UK)?
  • I want to burn mulitple dvds from one source drive.?
  • Is a dvd drive capable of burning cds and dvds?
  • Where can I get a good cheap computer?
  • Windows vista?
  • Video cards: ddr vs ddr2?
  • What would be the best external hard drive be?
  • Computer Frezze?
  • How can i remove a corrupt or unreadable file from a flash drive?