pen drive

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pen drive

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A trademark for flash drives owned by Phison Electronics Corporation (US).

noun pen drives · pendrive

A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a flash drive. After Peter finished checking the operating system setup, he carefully unscrewed his pen drive and plugged the USB connection into the computer.
Similar: data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, thumb drive, USB, USB drive, USB key

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noun flash drive

Español	pendrive, pen-drive, pen drive

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@misc{pen_drive_2026,
  title = {pen drive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pen%20drive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}