USB Flash Drive. A small, removable mass storage device containing flash memory and an integrated USB interface. While consumers typically call them thumb drives or memory sticks, IT documentation and security policies often use the formal acronym UFD when defining peripheral control rules, such as disabling UFD access to prevent data exfiltration.
Heard on the job
Group policy restricts UFD mounting on all production servers to prevent unauthorized firmware updates.
Also heard as
- USB flash drive
- thumb drive
- flash drive