Interesting Facts About USB Flash Drives

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USB flash drives have fast become the most common mobile storage method. Used to store documents, videos, music and films, this multi-purpose device has superseded the compact disc and even the DVD.

But many of us aren’t aware of the full extent of their capabilities. That is why we have arranged 10 interesting facts you need to know about a USB flash drive.

10 interesting facts about USB flash drives

1. A USB kept in a refrigerator will have a longer shelf life as compared to one kept outside.

2. You can view data on a USB an unlimited amount of times, yet, you can only overwrite the information one million times.

3. Unlike other memory drives, a USB’s data is not impacted by electromagnetic interference, keeping your data safe and sound.

4. You can become environmentally friendly by using USB drives as they use very little energy.

5. A device of many names, the USB flash drive is also sometimes referred to as a memory stick, keydrive, pendrive, thumbdrive or jumpdrive.

6. The USB stick was invented by Amir Ban, Dov Moran and Oron Ogdan, who all worked for Israeli tech company, M-Systems.

7. The highest capacity USB flash drive 3.0 today is 2 TB – released by Kingston, and know as the Data Traveler Ultimate GT (generation terabyte).

8. Between 2016-2017, North Korean defectors shipped several thousand USB flash drives containing banned content such as South Korean soaps, Hollywood films and global news to the country, with the goal of spreading information about the outside world to North Koreans with limit access to the open internet and telecommunications.

9. Trek Technology and IBM were the first to start selling USB flash drives 1.0 and, later, 1.1, in 2000.

10. Most USB sticks weigh less than 30 grams, making them portable and easy to take on the move.

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