USB Flash Memory Drives
USB flash memory drives are known by many names, both generic and trademarked. These devices are sometimes called keychain drives, watch-fob drives, key drives, pen drives, pocket drives, USB sticks, memory sticks, flash drives, USB mass storage drives, and so on. To the displeasure of the manufacturers, trade names for these devices are often used generically, including ThumbDrive (Tech 2000), JumpDrive (Lexar), and Gizmo! (Crucial Technology). Whatever you call them, they've become ubiquitous.
Figure 9-5 shows a collection of typical USB flash drives, with a Swiss Army Knife (not one of the models with a flash memory drive incorporated) shown for scale. The flash drives on the left are inexpensive and reliable Crucial ...
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