I endorse the coinage of a new word to describe a new gadget. "Thumb" is good in "thumb drive" because it's about the size of your thumb and because you write on your thumbnail. Hoever, I would have called it "thumbmory" or "flashrom" or something like that

Although I understand that "flash" comes from "FutureSplash," I like it too because it imparts the idea of quick learning, or in some cases the instant display of an entire page

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