Flash Drives- Do you use them?

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The flash drive was born in 1998 at IBM, as a floppy drive replacement for the ThinkPad line of products. Most people know what a floppy drive and a floppy disk is - but a larger percentage arent even aware about the flash drive. Technically, it is a flash memory data storage devices integrated with a USB interface". It is fairly new to technology, yet wholly enjoyable due to it being small in size, lightweight, removable and the fact that it's rewritable. While flash drives of 512 kb are common higher sizes of up to 12 G and more are available now. Unfortunately, as its capacity moves up, so does the price. Almost all types of drive use the USB mass storage standard, supported by the modern operating systems. They require no external power or battery source but are powered by an USB connection. The advantages of using a flash drive over other removable media like floppy disks, zip drives and such are numerous: the USB flash drive is much faster, holds more data, and is more reliable due to their lack of moving parts. They ignore the scratches and dust that plagues any earlier forms of portable storage, such as compact discs or floppy disks. Their design means they often survive impacts, dropped, crushed, and washed with a load of clothing. Because of all of this, they are perfectly ideal for transporting personal data or work files from one place to another. The user also wants to use them for carrying around personal data that they can access in different places. Some of the flash drives even come with small programs like an antivirus which can be run directly. As time goes by the usage of flash drives will increase dramatically and they are bound to replace any other removable media.