memory card

noun

: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (such as a camera or cell phone)
But as these digital wonders continue to improve with higher megapixel capacities, digital shutterbugs find themselves having to buy larger-capacity flash memory cards to hold the bigger image files.Craig Crossman

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In addition, the camera includes a micro HDMI video out, 3.5mm headphone and 3.5mm microphone jacks, and a UHS-I SDXC memory card slot. PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025 The camera contained a memory card with dozens of videos of themselves and other people in bathrooms and bedrooms. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 On eBay, one user who sells PlayStation 2 memory cards featuring contemporary ballplayers. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025 The camera does not have a memory card slot, just a USB-C port for charging and data transfer. Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for memory card

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First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of memory card was in 1974

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“Memory card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memory%20card. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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memory card

noun
: a small, flat, data storage device designed to be inserted into a larger electronic device (as a cell phone)
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