memory card

American  

noun

Digital Technology.

• memory cards
  plural

1. a very small, portable electronic device for flash-memory data storage, as in a digital camera, cell phone, or digital media player.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• memory cards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of memory card

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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memory card

Investigators found the tablet had been set to record only with an external memory card, but it was turned over without one, the state agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

After securing a warrant to search the camera’s memory card in early May, FBI agents discovered several video files that included one of the named defendants in the case, Camilo Guzman Sepulveda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

Edward Snowden removed information using a SD memory card he hid on some occasions in a Rubik’s cube.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025

"It was sheer gold on my memory card."

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

Miles went with me to the newspaper room, where I handed over my memory card to Claude Gunthrie, showing him the pictures of Britney’s spray-painted car.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia