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Flash Memory is a "solid state" computer memory. This means it is a chip instead of a spinning disc like the conventional "hard drive." Pictured is the internal structure of a USB Flash drive.
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From Floppy discs in the early days to external hard drives today, USB flash drive is leading on size, speed, and durability.
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| How much can you store on a Flash drive?
1G “Gigabyte” = 1,000MB “Megabytes”
A typical MP3 song - 5MB.
A typical high quality photo - 2MB.
A typical Word Document - 0.3MB.
A typical Power Point Presentation – 5MB.
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USB Flash Drive has grown up, and grown wings. USB 2.0, first released in 1999, is up to 40 times faster than the original USB 1.1. All our memory, above 128MB uses USB 2.0.
What is USB? "Universal Serial BUS" is a standard that allows many kinds of devices to be plugged into computers using the same socket, a little like standard electrical sockets. |
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