What are flash cards?

i am just starting to learn about computers and would like to kno what are flash cards and what are their function

What are flash cards?
Flash Cards are memory sticks like SD, XD, Sony MS, etc... They are used to store information off of phones, cameras, games and other devices that use the storage media.





A Flash Drive AKA Thumb drive is a usb operated storage device. Basically it can store a certain amount of memory on a tiny drive that fits in your pocket to carry around with you. They are good for backing up data for short term and for transferring data from one computer to another. Hope this Helps Good Luck.
Reply:Theres a couple of different things you could mean.





If your talking about a USB memory stick, which is sometimes referred to as a "Flash drive", then its something which holds data, so you can move data from one pc to another. Just newer technology.. it used to be floppy drives, then CD's, now USB sticks.





Or you could mean a flash card for a camera, or phone, PDA's etc, and sometimes you use them in a computer, if the computer has a card reader, or you have a special Zip drive or card drive that reads them. They basically also move things about, like USB drives,or they could just be in a certain place as an extra card to hold data, (e.g if a phones internal memory is 50mb, they get a 1gb card to have more music on their phone) but their often dedicated to smaller prodcuts, like the ones i mentioned above.


Theirs lot of different size flash cards, and a specific product can often only take one type (MicroSD / MiniSD , SD, compact flash, and lots more which are irrelavent to name)

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