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Why is a pendrive so called?

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because the first pen drive was made like a pen

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The pen drive is so called because it has the memory that is built in the drive and is similar to the shape of the pen.

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Flash is just a name of having your files with you in a "Flash." And Drive is just a word of putting something into the computer. (Kind of like Driving it Into a Computer)

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Because it is a pen drive.

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they liked the name so they named it that .-.

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