On Wednesday 06 July 2005 09:23 am, Nate Carlson wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> > I was trying to keep the floppy drive out of the picture.  It is not
> > really useful.  What is a USB jump drive?  How is it different than the
> > standard USB thumb drives everyone uses?
>
> Different term for the same thing - I believe 'jump drive' is Lexar's
> specific brand.
>

Yes, sorry. I have one (not a Lexar) and I call it a jump drive. It is kind of 
catchy and easy to say. I guess it is like Kleenex - a brand name that has 
become the de facto standard for tissue paper.