USB drive names

All the following terms refer to flash memory-based USB drives. JumpDrive and ThumbDrive are brands from Lexar and Trek International, respectively, and Memory Stick is Sony's trade name for its digital camera memory cards. See U3, secure USB drive, USB and memory card.

 DRIVES & STICKS flash drive flash disk USB flash drive jump drive thumb drive pen drive flash stick jump stick thumb stick USB stick memory stick (see Sony Memory Stick) USB memory stick gig stick KEYCHAINS keychain drive key drive USB key memory key disk key

A Keychain Flash Drive

This 2012 ad from Best Buy astutely covered all the bases for USB terminology.