memory card

American  

noun

Digital Technology.

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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Etymology

Origin of memory card

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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

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

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