What is CF card?

CF Card stands for CompactFlash card. It is a popular memory card designed to store data and to enable the transfer of data between devices equipped with Compact Flash slots. It is used in many computing devices, including digital cameras and music players, desktop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital audio recorders, and photo printers. It was firstly introduced by SanDisk in 1994.A CF Card typically measures 43 x 36 x 3.3 mm and weighs approximately 15 grams.

There are two different kinds of CompactFlash cards: Type I and Type II. Both types are approximately 1 11/16 inches wide (43 mm) and 1 7/16 inches (36 mm) long. But CompactFlash Type II is considerably thicker than Type I - Type I cards are 3.3mm thick while Type II cards are 5.5mm thick. CompactFlash Type I comes in data storage sizes as small as 512 MB and as large as 8 GB, while Type II cards as large as 64 GB can be found.

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See: External Hard Drive,SD Card, CF Card, iPod, iPhone