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Subject:Re: What do I call this doodad? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:cloy -dot- tobola -at- ndsu -dot- edu, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:45:10 -0700 (PDT)
> I need to refer to use of a flash drive / USB drive / thumb drive.
> Is there a standard term for these ubiquitous doohickeys?
I'd use external removable storage.
BTW...if you haven't tried it, an iPod makes for good external
removable storage
John Posada
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