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    Re: memory sticks
    « Reply #15 on: March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM »
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    Re: memory sticks
    « Reply #16 on: March 11, 2008, 06:28:28 PM »
    I've never heard anyone I know call a USB drive a memory stick...
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    Re: memory sticks
    « Reply #17 on: March 12, 2008, 12:07:32 AM »
    I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive

    Quote from: squall_01 on March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM
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      Re: memory sticks
      « Reply #18 on: March 12, 2008, 04:48:13 AM »
      Quote from: neljan on March 12, 2008, 12:07:32 AM
      I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive

      Quote from: squall_01 on March 11, 2008, 05:49:33 PM
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      Its just a simple misunderstanding, cause you can plug them in an store files too it.  But there not in the memory.  So.......
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      Re: memory sticks
      « Reply #19 on: March 12, 2008, 09:48:14 AM »
      They are memory sticks.

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      Re: memory sticks
      « Reply #20 on: March 12, 2008, 11:57:40 AM »
      USN flash drives do not have any moving parts. They have a special kind of memory chip inside called "flash RAM". So they contain memory but it is not as fast as the RAM in your computer.
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      Re: memory sticks
      « Reply #21 on: March 12, 2008, 12:16:24 PM »
      I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?
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        Re: memory sticks
        « Reply #22 on: March 12, 2008, 12:26:54 PM »
        Its on.
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        Re: memory sticks
        « Reply #23 on: March 12, 2008, 12:50:56 PM »
        Quote from: patio on March 12, 2008, 12:16:24 PM
        I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?

        I just felt like mentioning it  :)
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        Re: memory sticks
        « Reply #24 on: March 12, 2008, 01:21:29 PM »
        Gotcha.
        I looked for speed comparisons for flash memory vs. say DDr2 and didn't find any references.
        I believe it may be just as fast though.
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        Re: memory sticks
        « Reply #25 on: March 12, 2008, 01:40:45 PM »
        It's just that so many people can't tell the difference between "memory" and disk drives, and calling memory devices "disks" only muddies the waters more.
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        Re: memory sticks
        « Reply #26 on: March 12, 2008, 03:43:19 PM »
        That's true -- most people confuse disk drive space with RAM.
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          Re: memory sticks
          « Reply #27 on: March 13, 2008, 05:24:40 AM »
          Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM.  So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored.  You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage.  Till then the file isnt there. 
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          Re: memory sticks
          « Reply #28 on: March 13, 2008, 10:32:22 AM »
          Yes, I see your point of view!  It's been a long standing confusion because, I suppose, it's such gray area between RAM and storage...
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          Re: memory sticks
          « Reply #29 on: March 13, 2008, 11:04:50 AM »
          Quote from: squall_01 on March 13, 2008, 05:24:40 AM
          Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM.  So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored. 

          That's not true. I think you are confused. Look up "flash RAM" on Google. The data is stored in memory. Flash memory.

          Flash memory (sometimes called "flash RAM") is a type of constantly-powered nonvolatile memory. Flash memory gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or "flash." Since its introduction, Flash RAM has become immensely popular. It is widely used in digital music players, and millions of people have USB thumbdrives.

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          You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage.  Till then the file isnt there. 

          I am not sure what you are trying to say here.
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