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'''USB flash drives''' are [[Flash memory#NAND memories|NAND]]-type [[flash memory]] [[data storage device]]s integrated with a [[USB]] interface. They are typically small, lightweight, removable and rewritable. Memory capacity typically ranges from 8 [[megabyte]]s up to 64 [[gigabytes]] [http://www.kangurubuslinkbuy.com/flashdrive_maxproducts.htmlasp?sku=BDP2%2D64G%2DU2], limited only by current flash memory densities. As capacity increases, so does price, to a point. [[As of 2006]], more recent examples in the 1 to 4 GB range are little more expensive than the 128 MB versions available in 2002.

There are versions which use [[FireWire]] as well, but since the [[IEEE1394]] standard is not as ubiquitous as USB, these are less common.