Meanings
plural memory sticks
- computingOne of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.
- computingA portable solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device equipped with a USB (or similarly specified) plug for direct connection to a corresponding port; a USB drive, thumb drive or pen drive.
You might be wondering at this point what dark secrets I had locked away on my phone and memory sticks and email.
2008, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, page 562 more examples
The first step to increasing your drive space is to add a new storage device. It can be a hard drive (IDE or SCSI), but also a USB or FireWire memory stick.
2003, Jon Hall, Paul G. Sery, Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies, page 343To do this, you can run a script on a computer periodically to check for any attached USB disk drives or memory sticks.
2009, Steve Seguis, Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies, unnumbered pageSynonyms: data stick, pen drive, thumb drive, USB drive
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA portable solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device equipped with a USB (or similarly specified) plug for direct connection to a corresponding port; a USB drive, thumb drive or pen drive.
Origin
From Memory Stick, a Sony brand name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 記憶卡 /记忆卡, 記憶棒 /记忆棒
- 記憶卡 /记忆卡 (jìyìkǎ)memory card, flash card
- 記憶棒 /记忆棒 (jìyìbàng)memory card, flash card
- 記憶條 /记忆条 (jìyìtiáo)memory card, flash card
Dutch Memory Stick, geheugenstick
- Memory Stickmemory card, flash card
- geheugenstickmemory card, flash card
Esperanto memorkarto
- memorkartomemory card, flash card
Finnish muistikortti
- muistikorttimemory card, flash card
French carte mémoire
- carte mémoirememory card, flash card
German Speicherkarte, SD-Card
- Speicherkartememory card, flash card
- SD-Cardmemory card, flash card
- Multimedia-Cardmemory card, flash card
Greek κάρτα μνήμης
- κάρτα μνήμης (kárta mnímis)memory card, flash card
Hebrew כרטיס זיכרון
- כרטיס זיכרון (kartís zikarón)memory card, flash card
Hungarian Memory Stick
- Memory Stickmemory card, flash card
Japanese メモリースティック
- メモリースティック (memorīsutikku)memory card, flash card
Korean 메모리 스틱
- 메모리 스틱 (memori seutik)memory card, flash card
Persian کارت حافظه
- کارت حافظه (kârt e hâfeze)memory card, flash card
Polish karta pamięci
- karta pamięcimemory card, flash card
Portuguese cartão de memória
- cartão de memóriamemory card, flash card
Russian ка́рточка па́мяти, флеш-па́мять
- ка́рточка па́мяти (kártočka pámjati)memory card, flash card
- флеш-па́мять (flɛš-pámjatʹ)memory card, flash card
- флэш-па́мять (flɛš-pámjatʹ)memory card, flash card
- флеш-накопи́тель (flɛš-nakopítelʹ)memory card, flash card
- флэш-накопи́тель (flɛš-nakopítelʹ)memory card, flash card
Spanish tarjeta de memoria, lápiz de memoria
- tarjeta de memoriamemory card, flash card
- lápiz de memoriamemory card, flash card
- memoria USBmemory card, flash card
Swedish Memory Stick
- Memory Stickmemory card, flash card
Thai หน่วยความจำ, เมมโมรี่สติ๊ก
- หน่วยความจำ (nùay kwaam jam)memory card, flash card
- เมมโมรี่สติ๊ก (maymmohrêe sàtík)memory card, flash card
Turkish bellek kartı, hafıza kartı
- bellek kartımemory card, flash card
- hafıza kartımemory card, flash card
Welsh ffon gof, cof bach
- ffon gofmemory card, flash card
- cof bachmemory card, flash card
- cofbinmemory card, flash card
Cite this entry
memory stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20stick
“memory stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20stick. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “memory stick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20stick.
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