thumb drive

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thumb drive

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A trademark owned by Trek Technologies.

noun thumb drives

A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive. The other gadget that Ethan needs to end the Entity is a "poison pill" – a thumb drive, basically – which has been invented by his pal Luther (Ving Rhames).
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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@misc{thumb_drive_2026,
  title = {thumb drive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thumb%20drive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}