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Record 1 2013-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

A USB flash drive is essentially NAND [NOR AND]-type flash memory integrated with a USB 1.1 or 2.0 interface used as a small, lightweight, removable data storage device ...

OBS

They are also sometimes erroneously called memory sticks, which is a Sony trademark describing their proprietary memory card system ...

OBS

USB stands for Universal Serial BUS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Petit périphérique de stockage de données qui utilise une mémoire Flash et un connecteur USB.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Dispositivo externo, generalmente electrónico, en el que se almacenan datos e instrucciones para recuperarlos y utilizarlos posteriormente, conectándolo a una computadora.

CONT

Todo tu ordenador en una llave USB. Las memorias USB [...] son prácticas [...], no pesan casi nada [...], no sirven solo para transportar datos [sino] también podemos utilizarlas para [almacenar] nuestro sistema operativo y las aplicaciones que utilizamos con más frecuencia.

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