The USB drive is one of the least complicated pieces of hardware out there. It’s small, easy to carry, and works on any computer with the correct port. It’s durable and can sometimes hold a hard drive’s worth of data, yet can also fit nicely into a pocket or purse. About the only thing that can be a bit confusing is what name it goes by – though the actual product is the same, it can be called a thumb drive, a flash drive, a jump drive, a USB key, a memory key, even a pen drive. Writer Bio