Everyone I know calls this a 'Dongle' - how is this not in the list
Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
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Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
#82I find pretty funny how I use "pendrive" or simply "pen" (without translating it) in my mother tongue, like the rest of the people of the part of Spain where I live, and how I use "USB stick" in English due to how many times I read it like that in the Internet.
Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your phone is also a "USB mass storage device" when you plug it into your computer.
Usually it presents as an MTP device (and possibly also other types of device) these days. Phones haven't been USB mass storage devices for years, data corruption due to improper unmounting caused too many issues.
Right, thanks for the correction.
Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
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Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
#85Everyone I know calls this a 'Dongle' - how is this not in the list
If someone said "dongle" to me today I would assume they mean an adapter of some kind; I've heard it used for the lightning -> audio adapter you need to plug headphones into an iPhone. If I google for "dongle" I see some small USB docks and a few USB=>bluetooth adapters.
I first head "dongle" used to describe the small copy-protection device you needed to plug in to use certain expensive softwares. The software would not launch if it could not detect the dongle.
Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
#86Everyone I know calls this a 'Dongle' - how is this not in the list
Because "dongle" has a very specific, different meaning. A dongle allows connection between two devices that have mismatched connectors. If someone asked me for a dongle, I'd reply, "From what to what?"
Re: Poll: What do you call the small USB device that you plug in to transfer files?
#87It's always either "Flash Drive" or "Pen Drive".
Everything other feels too generic, wrong, or inaccurate. To me personally, I mean.
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#88I WANT to say "Thumb drive", but I always get ahead of myself and start with "USB" and then either my brain catches up and I say "USB drive" or I lose it and end up "USB thing" or "USB stick".
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#89Goober