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USB Flash Drive

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USB Flash Drive

The tiny stick that replaced boxes of floppy disks/Technology

USB flash drives use NAND flash memory and have no moving parts, making them far more durable than earlier portable storage. The first commercial USB drive was sold in 2000 with a capacity of 8 MB. Modern drives can hold up to 4 TB in the same compact form factor.

Measurements

Length6 hundredths m
6 thousandthsFire engine lengths
571 millionthsSoccer pitches
3 tenthsPlier lengths
Width2.1 hundredths m
1.3 thousandthsTractor trailer lengths
9.7 thousandthsShaquille O'Neals
3 thousandthsTow truck lengths
Thickness9 thousandths m
1.1 hundredthsCricket bats
170 millionBohr radii
1.8 thousandthsGarage doors
Mass1 hundredths kg
1 hundredthsPineapples
2.9 thousandthsNewborn babies
USB-A connector width1.2 hundredths m
800 billionUranium nuclei
1.8 hundredthsPillow lengths
36 millionthsAircraft carrier lengths
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