Re: What do I call this doodad?

["Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 3/15/07, Cloy Tobola <cloy -dot- tobola -at- ndsu -dot- edu> wrote:
> I need to refer to use of a flash drive / USB drive / thumb drive.
> .
> Is there a standard term for these ubiquitous doohickeys?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive

Has a section on "Naming":

"Recently, "USB flash drive" or simply "UFD" has emerged as the de
facto standard term for these devices."

and a jump to an entire entry on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_names_for_USB_flash_drive

Some of the localised names are cool, but I don't see 'doohickey' in a
cursory glance. But Wikipedia is user-editable! :)

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