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Article 2. What exactly is a USB flash
drive?
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and
was the mechanism designed in the 1990s to simplify the
connections between devices that attach to computers such as
printers, cameras, MP3 players etc. It has now effectively
replaced other types of connectors and is the industry
standard.
USB flash drives have the same purpose as
their forerunner, the floppy disk, and that is as a storage
device that can be used
to transport files from one computer to
another. A USB flash drive literally is a mass storage device
that contains flash memory (a computer chip that acts as a
memory store) with a USB mechanism. The chip used in USB flash
drives can store data which can then be deleted and further
information stored on it.
The advantages of USB flash drives in
comparison to floppy disks are numerous but include the
following:
They are much smaller and faster and have
the potential for a much greater storage capacity, up to 256gb.
The average weight for a USB flash drive
is about 15g and although they vary in size, most
conventionally shaped rectangular drives are less than 75mm by
30mm.
Now that the USB flash drive is so popular
most laptops and desktops are now only sold with USB ports
rather than a floppy disk drive.
There are no moving parts in a USB Flash
drive and as a result they are considered to be extremely
robust and described as electronic rather than mechanical.
They have a much longer shelf storage life
of approximately 10 years.
USB flash drives are sometimes called
memory sticks, USB sticks, memory drives, data sticks etc. but
these have often originated as a result of company trademarks.
If you want a Customised Flash Drive or Promotional Technical Gift from a Specialist Technical Gift Supplier then please contact Mfatech Limited . We offer a wide selection of Promotional USB devices which are also referred to as Promo Flash Drives and Custom USB. Many of our products can be made in your corporate colours and all of our customized USB flash drives, MP3 Players and GPS Devices etc. can be branded with your corporate logo.
Promotional USB Branded USB Drives are essentially Flash memory chips mounted on a circuit board with a USB connection that are encased in an attractive housing which can be branded with your logo. They are in effect Bespoke USB Items.
Your corporate logo can be placed in a variety of positions on the casing of these products and our models come in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles. Some drives are shaped like pens and are therefore referred to as Promotional Pen Drives. The size of flash chips mean that they can be housed in a Credit Card Shaped case which can can be as thin as 5mm. The shape of these products has lead to them being referred to as Promotional USB Thumb Drives
Our Flashdrive products can be used to transport data and carry them from one computer to another. Furthermore, they can be used to run portable programs such as Firefox. The popularity of these items has not diminished with the advent of increased access to data storage areas held on servers. One of the great advantages with USB sticks is that only you have access to the data stored on them. They also transfer data at speeds far greater than even the fastest internet connection.
They are truly Personalized USB Drives and can run your chosen programs alongside your own personal files, hence the name Custom USB. Generally speaking, Promotional Items are a very good way of getting your logo into the public domain. We therefore also refer to these products as Logo USB or Branded USB because they are very effective at doing this.
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