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be inserted into any
USB port
and can store 256 GB of data or
more for less than $100. These extremely portable drives make
the transfer of data between devices simple. You can copy your
entire photo or music collection to a thumb drive, also known
as a flash or jump drive, plug it into a computer or other device,
and immediately have access to your copied files.
While engineering developments continue to allow smaller
storage devices with larger memories, the true technological
breakthroughs are occurring in the field of cloud technology.
By now, thumb drives like this one are almost as common as thumbs. The advance in
their capacity and reduction in size holds promise for advances yet to come.
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