thumb drive
nounDefinition of thumb drive
: a small usually rectangular device used for storing and transferring computer data : flash drive
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The 19-year-old’s car also contained an open bottle of Jack Daniels, a thumb drive and two hard drives, a Sig Sauer BB gun, CO2 cartridges, ear plugs and a power drill. — Erin Woo, The Mercury News, "Clown mask, AR-15 found among Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter’s belongings," 8 Aug. 2019 Many journalists like me have had to send out work on thumb drives with passengers flying out of the area by airplane. — Fahad Shah / Srinagar, Time, "‘Anxiety Fills the Air.' What It's Like Inside Kashmir When All Communication With the Outside World Is Cut Off," 7 Aug. 2019 She was discovered at Mar-a-Lago carrying two passports, four cellphones, a laptop, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware, according to the criminal complaint. — NBC News, "Prosecutors can file secret evidence in Mar-a-Lago intruder case, judge says," 10 July 2019 When arrested on March 30, Zhang was carrying two passports, four cellphones, a laptop, an external hard drive and a thumb drive possibly containing malware. — CBS News, "Yujing Zhang, Chinese woman accused of entering Mar-a-Lago illegally, allowed to be her own attorney," 11 June 2019 During her testimony, Blay said a thumb drive with many of the explicit pictures was connected to Grant Amato’s computer at 11:32 p.m. the night of the killings. — Michael Williams, orlandosentinel.com, "Grant Amato trial: Jurors see Bulgarian webcam model at center of triple-homicide case," 12 July 2019 Payne, 55, had 146 images and videos of child pornography on two thumb drives when police arrested him in November, according to court documents. — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, "No prison time for IUPUI volleyball coach found with 146 images and videos of child pornography," 18 June 2019 The iPadOS demo at WWDC reached a kind of crescendo when a virtual thumb drive appeared on the giant screen behind Federighi, illustrating that the Files app on iPad will now recognize external drives and devices. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "iPadOS Isn't Just a Name. It's a New Direction for Apple," 9 June 2019 During a search of Johnson’s home, images and videos of child pornography were found on his computer and on a thumb drive hidden in his bedroom, authorities said. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "New England news in brief," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thumb drive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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