memory card

American

noun

Digital Technology.

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

Etymology

Origin of memory card

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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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

When a poet filled a memory card, either Barrow or Edwards would pick it up, and when the next filming day with that poet came, the three of them would discuss the footage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

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

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