The floppy disk may at long last be dead. though the introduction of the CD-ROM allowed PC users to easily view large quantities of information in a portable package, the inability to rewrite ordinary CDs meant that PC users who wanted to transfer their files and information were stuck utilizing the unreliable floppy disk, which all too often broke down or attempted to reconfigure itself. CD-R and CD-RW drives came along to solve part of the problem, but they weren't the answers most of us were looking for. CD-R disks are only writeable, and even though their more expensive cousins the CD-RWs are reconfigurable, not enough computers are equipped with the drives to handle them to make them worthwhile.
The good news is, somebody intelligent came along and realized that since a large amount of computers have at least one USB (universal serial bus) port, why not make some sort of memory device which attaches to pcs through an USB port? The flash stick was born. Also called flash drives, memory sticks allow computer users to swiftly and speedily plug in the memory stick to a PC and have it recognized as yet another drive. Once it's plugged in, users need only to drag and drop the files they want to transfer onto the memory stick and they can transfer the files to yet another PC. The flash drives aren't easily corrupted by magnets or interference, resulting in trouble-free use. They also don't need any sort of power supply in order to retain information, so they can be used when needed.
Sony patented the term "memory stick" when they introduced a new storage device for their computer cameras and digital files. The Sony memory stick is a flash drive which fits in all Sony cameras. Sony computers, in conjunction with laptops, feature a memory stick drive as well, enabling Sony users to slide the flash stick directly from their cameras to their pcs, effortlessly transferring their photos. In fact, almost all digital cameras utilize flash innovation in one form or another, either in Secure computer, flash Stick, or Compact Flash formats. These methods of memory storage allow users to save their photos and files onto safe, secure, reliable, and portable hard drives which can be carried in a shirt pocket. With sizes ranging up to three or even five gigabytes, users can store hundreds of times the information they could store on widespread floppy disks. It's about time, the dear old floppy disk's time may have past.
