The benefit of these units is that they are USB and plug-and-play that is, they require no software. are small USB drives that use the same flash memory as some cameras and PDAs. But there is an easy way to put a gigabyte or two in your pocket.įlash drives, also known as a thumb drives, pen drives, USB keys, pocket drives, etc. Burning CDs to make documents portable isn't always convenient, and accessing a network server isn't always possible. Yes, we all know now the 'floppy disks for life plan' was a bad idea.
