portable drive
Pocket data carrier
A portable drive is an external storage device small enough to carry easily, connecting to computers via USB or similar ports.
Unlike internal drives, portable drives move between machines: I keep backups on a portable drive, She transferred the files using a portable drive.
The term covers both traditional hard drives and solid-state drives designed for mobility.
- USBDevice connection standard
- flashBrief burst of light
- thumbShort opposable digit
- stickThin piece of wood
- plug and playAutomatic device recognition
storage · storage device · backup · data · data transfer · external · memory · plug · transfer · files · drag and drop · pocket · compact · on the go · SSD · hard disk · eject · drag
- disc drivesCD burner, DVD burner, disc burner, rewriter, burner
- portable storageUSB stick, memory stick, USB key, removable storage, memory card
- disk driveshard disk, HDD, SSD
- portable technetbook, tablet, laptop, Chromebook, Surface
- storage mediablank CD, blank tape, CD, DVD, floppy disk
- Flash Storageflash memory, NAND, SSD, SD card, microSD
portable drivecloud storage
Online data preservation service
cloud drive · Google Drive · NAS · Dropbox · OneDrive
portable driveinternal drive
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