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

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Etymology

Origin of memory card

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

Ms Dupont, from France, said the theft meant she had lost a memory card containing 10 years of "irreplaceable" family photographs, along with documents she needed to apply for a university degree.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 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

Most modern digital cameras have the capability built in to take photos every number of seconds until a memory card is full.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

I’d already taken a picture of four suspicious-looking squirrels lined up on the red brick wall outside my neighbor’s house this morning, but other than that, the memory card was empty.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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