memory stick

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memory stick

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From Memory Stick, a Sony brand name.

noun memory sticks

One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.
A portable solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device equipped with a USB (or similarly specified) plug for direct connection to a corresponding port; a USB drive, thumb drive or pen drive. The first step to increasing your drive space is to add a new storage device. It can be a hard drive (IDE or SCSI), but also a USB or FireWire memory stick.
Similar: data stick, pen drive, thumb drive, USB drive

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noun memory card, flash card

Español	tarjeta de memoria, lápiz de memoria, memoria USB
한국어	메모리 스틱 memori seutik
日本語	メモリースティック memorīsutikku
中文	記憶卡 /记忆卡 jìyìkǎ, 記憶棒 /记忆棒 jìyìbàng, 記憶條 /记忆条 jìyìtiáo
Português	cartão de memória
Français	carte mémoire
Deutsch	Speicherkarte, SD-Card, Multimedia-Card
Ελληνικά	κάρτα μνήμης kárta mnímis
Русский	ка́рточка па́мяти kártočka pámjati, флеш-па́мять flɛš-pámjatʹ, флэш-па́мять flɛš-pámjatʹ, флеш-накопи́тель flɛš-nakopítelʹ, флэш-накопи́тель flɛš-nakopítelʹ
עברית	כרטיס זיכרון kartís zikarón

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@misc{memory_stick_2026,
  title = {memory stick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/memory%20stick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}