Re: What do I call this doodad?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The generic industry term used by OEMs is
"USB memory device."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cloy Tobola" <cloy -dot- tobola -at- ndsu -dot- edu>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:37 PM
Subject: What do I call this doodad? 


>I need to refer to use of a flash drive / USB drive / thumb drive.
> .
> Is there a standard term for these ubiquitous doohickeys?

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