Lost In Xanadu Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 What do you call those little USB drives? Some call it a thumb drive, some call it a jump drive, some call it other things.... I've always called it a "jump drive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Thumb drive for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is thumb drive a brand name or just a nickname? It's funny how things like a Kleenex can become more common than a tissue. I imagine if the president of Curad cut his finger he would ask someone for a Band-Aid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Is thumb drive a brand name or just a nickname? It's funny how things like a Kleenex can become more common than a tissue. I imagine if the president of Curad cut his finger he would ask someone for a Band-Aid. No, not a brand name. At NASA we were all issued "jump drives" so I just kept calling it that because that was the first name for these devices that I was really exposed to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Flash drive or Jump drive Flash drive is probably what I call it most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I call it a flash or zip drive. I like jump drive. Very Battlestar. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefeltner11 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Yeah, I like flash drive. Because every time I say it I either think about the awesome superhero or the Flash Gordon theme song. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I call it a USB Stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack jaw gaze Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I call it a flash or zip drive. I like jump drive. Very Battlestar. :DZip drive was a pretty short-lived portable storage system. It was kind of like a fatter floppy. I usually call them thumb drives.Are the really small ones thumb-nail drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I call it a flash or zip drive. I like jump drive. Very Battlestar. :DZip drive was a pretty short-lived portable storage system. It was kind of like a fatter floppy. I usually call them thumb drives.Are the really small ones thumb-nail drives? Pinky nail drive if they're even smaller? I call them USB drive/key/stick sometimes. I have a USB attached external hard drive, but I just call that my external drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Flash drive. The first time I ever heard someone call it a thumb drive I laughed out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 USB Memory stick because this is what everyone called them when they first came out. It's horribly inaccurate but I can't bring myself to stop calling them that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thumb drive. Flash drive. USB stick/drive. It's all the same.. only the names will change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Flash drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRushmonkey Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 One of these: images I've always called it a memory stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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