since they are storage devices? Did it start with digital cameras and their storage devices? I guess to say you need "memory stick" sounds better than "storage stick".
And flash drives...why are they called "drives"? Again, aren't they just a storage device, more similar to a disc than a drive unit?
Well, it looks like a stick of gum, but "stick of memory" sounds stupid, so memory stick stuck.
As for flash drives, they use flash memory. They are also not a storage device that you put into another device attached to the computer (ie. CD into CD drive attached to computer or disk into floppy drive attached to computer). They are their own drive attached via USB.
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Reply to vertigo_2000
First off Memory Stick is a proprietary trademark of Sony, There are many flash based storage devices all with different connectors and different names CF, MMC, SD and so on. Flash drives comes from disk drives or hard drives it's just another form of storage.
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