1 Robert Smithdas (1925 â 2014): first deafblind person in the US to receive a master's degree. 2  Mae Brown (1935 â 1973): Canadaâs first deafblind university graduate; developed services for the deafblind at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
A ROM drive only reads and writes data from discs. ie, you can play a DVD/CD, drag and drop contents to your computer harddrive. A burner reads and writes data to and from discs. ie, you can play a DVD/CD, drag and drop contents to your computer harddrive and make a DVD/CD with data you select.
USB flash drive. Related Terms. (n.) A small, portable flash memory card that plugs into a computers USB port and functions as a portable hard drive. USB flash drives are touted as being easy-to-use as they are small enough to be carried in a pocket and can plug into any computer with a USB drive. USB flash drives have less storage capacity than an external hard drive, but they are smaller and more durable because they do not contain any internal moving parts. USB flash drives also are called thumb drives, jump drives, pen drives, key drives, tokens, or simply USB drives.