Why sometimes "drive" and "memory" seem to be interchangeable, e.g., USB flash drive is also referred to as USB flash memory drive or USB (flash) memory stick? Can I say my digital camera memory card is also a "drive"? Are there any criteria for something to be called a "drive"?
Why sometimes "drive" and "memory" seem to be interchangeable, e.g., USB flash drive is also referred to as USB flash memory drive or USB (flash) memory stick? Can I say my digital camera memory card is also a "drive"? Are there any criteria for something to be called a "drive"?
Edit: Then why is a floppy drive called a "drive"? And I think when one holds a floppy in his hand, he says "this is a floppy disk" not "this is a floppy drive". So it seems "drive" refers not to the media itself, but something in a computer that interfaces with that media - at least that appears to be the case in floppy drives, tape drives.
Why sometimes "drive" and "memory" seem to be interchangeable, e.g., USB flash drive is also referred to as USB flash memory drive or USB (flash) memory stick? Can I say my digital camera memory card is also a "drive"? Are there any criteria for something to be called a "drive"?
Edit: Then why is a floppy drive called a "drive"? And I think when one holds a floppy in his hand, he says "this is a floppy disk" not "this is a floppy drive". So it seems "drive" refers not to the media itself, but something in a computer that interfaces with that media - at least that appears to be the case in floppy drives, tape drives.