What Are The USB stick?

A USB flash memory ("Universal Serial Bus"), is a small storage device 100% electronic, ie, has no moving mechanical parts that produce friction and consists of a small cover that protects the storage circuit and a connector USB type. Allows write and delete information (Office files, videos, music, and even operating systems, etc..) Quickly, easily and securely, being connected via the USB port of your computer. The definition of the Royal Spanish Academy of Language is just "small portable data storage."

The great success of these USB sticks has won him countless popular names related to their small size and different styles, but none has been noted among them. In Spain, popularly known as skewers or pencils, and other countries such as Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala are called memories. It is also known by the name of USB flash drive, memory stick, memory stick, mini disc drive, memory, memory stick, USB advertising, etc.

The term USB or the context itself can easily identify the computing device to which it relates, although being a bit strict on the concept, concerns only the USB connection port.

These flash drives have become the storage system and personnel transport data used in this application displacing the traditional floppy disks and CD. You can easily find on the market reports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and up to 256 GB (from the 64 GB and not practical because of its high cost). This implies, at least the equivalent of 180 CD or 700MB disks 1.44 91,000 MB.

Current operating systems can read and write to memory simply by plugging into a USB connector on the team, getting the power supply through the connector itself with 5 volts and 2.5 watts maximum. In some older equipment (such as those equipped with Windows 98, you must install a device driver (driver) provided by the manufacturer. GNU / Linux also has support for USB storage devices from kernel 2.4. More details USB in Colombia