PCMCIA cards - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association cards are used to add functionality, such as an external hard drive or wireless capability, to desktop or notebook computers.
PCMCIA cards are about the size of a credit card and these PC Cards have been developed to be a standard for hardware capability expanding devices.
Older formats include floppy disks and PCMCIA cards. A few models support writing on to 3-inch CD-R/RW discs. Some low-end cameras don't have removable storage cards but instead have built-in flash RAM memory.
Most common type of storage card with identical contacts to PCMCIA cards (found on laptops).
Compact Cameras
Cameras where the lens is built-in to the camera body. AKA Point and shoot, digicams ...
WiFi connectivity limits tangling cables, and if you want to be free from carrying a laptop around, there are units that support USB connections and PCMCIA cards.
PC cards are about the size of a credit card and were developed to be a standard for hardware capability expanding devices. PCMCIA cards provide an easy way to transfer photos from the camera to a notebook or desktop PC.
PC Sync ...
A card, in the case of cameras usually a storage device, that plugs into a slot in a notebook or hand-held computer. Originally called PCMCIA cards.
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 See also: PCMCIA card, PCMCIA, Camera, Image, Stand
  
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