Memory Stick

[mem-uh-ree stik]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a kind of memory card.

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase),  flash drive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Memory Stick¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

Margaret, who has no vision in her left eye and just "a little peripheral vision" in her right eye, receives the memory stick every Saturday, which she said keeps her "up to date with all the local news".

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The recordings are sent out to people in the area on a memory stick which they need to return before receiving subsequent editions.

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In October 2020, Supt Stephen Riley, head of CTPEM, told the court two police officers attended Rhianan's home in Bolsover, Derbyshire, seizing a USB memory stick and a diary from her.

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They also found a saw, cellphones, CDs, a memory stick and DNA evidence, along with the notebooks that allegedly detailed his crimes.

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A take would be about an hour long because that was the length of the memory stick in the cameras.

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