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Are usb pendrives/sticks random access?

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Mar 15, 20261057 views
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Do USB pendrives/sticks have random access (i.e. accessing one block will take equal amount of time, regardless of the previous block read) characteristic?

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No, the access is not truly random since USB flash drives use NAND flash, according to Wikipedia: With flash memory, only the NOR type is capable of true random access, allowing direct code execution, and is therefore often used instead of ROM; the …

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