单词 | pen drive |
释义 | > as lemmaspen drive pen drive n. (a) (chiefly attributive) designating a mechanism that drives a pen, such as that of a plotter or recording device; (b) Computing = memory stick n. at memory n. Compounds 2; (occasionally also spec.) a memory stick in the shape of a pen.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom in sense (b). ΚΠ 1909 Draft Meter Code i, in Minutes 25th Ann. Meeting Assoc. Edison Illuminating Companies 38 The predominant factor in the design of such instruments is the necessity for taking care of pen friction either by providing sufficient torque, by auxiliary pen-drive or by intermittent registration. 2001 Sunday Times 5 Aug. (Doors) 28/2 The Pen Drive holds up to 128Mb of data, but..it costs over a pound per megabyte. 2006 Independent 26 July (Extra section) 8/1 USB flash drives (also known as pen drives, or USB memory sticks) are great for moving relatively small amounts of data between computers, or between work or university and home. 2006 M. Schwartz New Materials, Processes, & Methods Technol. iv. 224 A shape memory pen driver was designed in the early 1970s to replace conventional pen-drive mechanisms, which used a galvanometer to actuate a pen arm. < as lemmas |
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