compact flash

Digital storage medium

Compact flash is a type of removable memory card used in digital cameras, audio recorders, and other electronic devices, especially from the late 1990s through the 2000s.

Larger and thicker than later formats like SD cards, compact flash offered high storage capacity and fast data transfer for its era.

Though largely superseded in consumer devices, it remains in some professional equipment.

Related

camera · digital · reader · slot · adapter · megabyte · gigabyte · transfer · data · photographer · photo backup · DSLR · firmware · write speed · file transfer · removable · portable · IDE

Opposites
competing memory card formats

compact flashmicroSD

Miniature flash storage format

SD card · Memory Stick

storage technology generation

compact flashcloud storage

Online data preservation service

magnetic tape · floppy disk · hard disk drive

Family

compact, flash, compacts, compacted, compacting, compactly, compactness, compaction, compactor

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G