Miniaturization is evident in memory card creation; over time, the physical card sizes have become smaller.Memory card in a digital SLR camera
Electronic data storage device
A memory card is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information, typically using flash memory. These are commonly used in digital portable electronic devices, such as Digital cameras as well as in many early games consoles such as the Nintendo Wii. They allow adding memory to such devices using a card in a socket instead of protruding USB flash drives.[1]
Common types of flash memory card include SD cards (including microSD), Sony's Memory Stick and CompactFlash. As of 2024[update], SD cards are the most common type of memory cards.
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A memorycard is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information, typically using flash memory. These are commonly used in digital...
officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memorycard format the SD Association (SDA) developed for use in portable devices...
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The Personal Computer MemoryCard International Association (PCMCIA) was an industry consortium of computer hardware manufacturers from 1989 to 2009....
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card, the parallel port was commonly used for portable peripherals. The PCMCIA 1.0 card standard was published by the Personal Computer MemoryCard International...
memorycard formats, surpassing Miniature Card and SmartMedia. Subsequent formats, such as MMC/SD, various Memory Stick formats, and xD-Picture Card offered...
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transfer to a mobile device via USB, Bluetooth, WiFi or by writing to a memorycard for insertion into the mobile device, but also applies to the transfer...
is an American nonprofit organization that sets standards for the SD memorycard format. SanDisk, Panasonic (Matsushita), and Toshiba formed the SD Association...
numbers of contactless smart cards and do not utilize the available memory. Cardmemory may be used for storing biometric data (i.e. fingerprint template)...
newer slim models. The multitap connects to the memorycard slot and the controller slot, and the memorycard slot on the slimline is shallower. New slim-design...
The JEIDA memorycard standard is a popular memorycard standard at the beginning of memory cards appearing on portable computers. JEIDA cards could be...
digital card can refer to a physical item, such as a memorycard on a camera, or, increasingly since 2017, to the digital content hosted as a virtual card or...
comparison of various flash memory cards, as of 2017[update]. Unless otherwise indicated, all images are to scale. Note that a memorycard's dimensions are determined...
memory card format was SmartMedia, released in 1995. Many others followed, including MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, and xD-Picture Card. A...
SmartMedia is an obsolete flash memorycard standard owned by Toshiba, with capacities ranging from 2 MB to 128 MB. The format mostly saw application...
The XQD card is a memorycard format primarily developed for flash memory cards. It uses PCI Express as a data transfer interface. The format is targeted...
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