1A USB flash drive — a small, removable storage device that plugs directly into a USB port. Widely used for transporting files and backups. Also called USB memory stick, thumb drive, or USB flash drive. Sometimes written ＵＳＢメモリー with the long vowel, but the shorter ＵＳＢメモリ has become standard, following the IT convention of dropping trailing long vowels (like プリンタ, サーバ, コンピュータ).
出張先で使う資料をＵＳＢメモリに入れて持って行った。
I put the documents I'd need on the business trip onto a USB drive and took it with me.
ＵＳＢメモリをパソコンに差すと、自動的に認識された。
When I inserted the USB drive into the computer, it was recognized automatically.
ＵＳＢメモリは便利だが、紛失や故障でデータを失うリスクがある。
USB drives are convenient, but there's a risk of losing data if you misplace one or it fails.
重要なファイルはＵＳＢメモリだけでなく、クラウドにもバックアップしている。
I back up important files not just on a USB drive, but also to the cloud.