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pen drive

British  

noun

  1. computing another name for key drive

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When I met Peter for coffee, at the end of our conversation, he put a little pen drive on the table, said, “Look, there’s some interviews with Stephen on that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023

It goes back to the start when I met Peter for coffee in Harry’s Bar and he passed me the pen drive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Evidence of that came to light only in October 2015, when John Kerry, America’s secretary of state, gave Michelle Bachelet, Chile’s president, a pen drive containing hundreds of newly declassified documents.

From Economist • Sep. 22, 2016

She saw him bend lower and lower over the table, and she heard his pen drive faster across the paper.

From The Governors by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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