Whats the difference between Pen Drive and Flash Drive

[matrixvipin]

I want to know whats the difference between pen drive and flash drive.

[Malique]

Basically pendrive/flash drive/thumb drive/usb Flast drive are products build from a memory technology called as Flash memory. Manufacturers use these different terms for their flash memory based products.

So a pendrive is nothing but a Flash memory with a USB interface. The memory cards used in your mobiles are also based on flash memory. only their their interface is different.

For more/technical detail on Flash memory, refer:

USB flash drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

Flash memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[TECH_HUNTER]

pen drive is a flash drive.

but not all flash drives are pen drives.

any device that uses flash memory as storage is called flash drive.

Memory cards are also flash drives.

[matrixvipin]

Thanks guys for the info.

Once I got fooled by chinese pen drive which was so cheap and saying 32GB kingston!

I bought it but it was fake. No data was storing on it except folder and file names which where empty.

[E_E_E_E_E]

Here is the answer:)

A flash drive is a storage device that uses flash memory rather than conventional spinning platters to store data.

Sometimes referred to as a jumpdrive, the pen drive is a portable USB flash memory device that can be used to quickly transfer audio, video, and data files from the hard drive of one computer to another. With a construction that is small enough to fit into a pocket, the pen drive derives its name from the fact that many of these USB drive devices resemble a small pen or pencil in size and shape.

[raksrules]

@matrixvipin

That 32GB kingston is a big scam. Even here in China, shopkeepers are advising against kingston. Most of them stock sandisk, pny and others and only a few have kingston. Here kingston pen drives are available in subways stations, these guys just put a paper on the floor and display those 32g, 64g, 128g and even 320g pen drives

[blr_p]

Flash drive + USB = Pen drive

Flash drive + mobile or camera = Memory card

[user50]

@matrixvipin

Thanks guys for the info.

Once I got fooled by chinese pen drive which was so cheap and saying 32GB kingston!

I bought it but it was fake. No data was storing on it except folder and file names which where empty.

Kingston 32GB PD is a big time scam,stay away from it.