Product manual
CHAPTER 3
Memory Cards
3.1 Memory Card Types
! MEMORY CARD ALSO CALLED A mASH MEMORY CARD IS A SOLIDSTATE ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE
DEVICE &IRST INVENTED BY 4OSHIBA IN THE S MEMORY CARDS SAVE THE STORED DATA EVEN AFTER
THE MEMORY DEVICE IS DISCONNECTED FROM ITS POWER SOURCE 4HIS ABILITY TO RETAIN DATA IS THE KEY
FOR mASH MEMORY CARD APPLICATIONS FOR EXAMPLE IN DIGITAL CAMERAS WHERE THE SAVED PICTURES
ARE NOT LOST AFTER THE MEMORY CARD IS REMOVED FROM THE CAMERA
.OWADAYS MEMORY CARDS ARE USED IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
)N CONSUMER DEVICES WE SEE THE USE OF MEMORY CARDS IN APPLICATIONS LIKE
0ERSONAL COMPUTERS s
$IGITAL CAMERAS s
Mobile phones s
6IDEO CAMERAS s
.OTEBOOK COMPUTERS s
'LOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS s
-0 PLAYERS s
0ERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS s
)N INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS WE SEE THE USE OF MEMORY CARDS IN
%MBEDDED COMPUTERS s
.ETWORKING PRODUCTS s
-ILITARY SYSTEMS s
#OMMUNICATION DEVICES s
-EDICAL PRODUCTS s
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