SmartMedia is a popular form of flash memory originally developed by Toshiba, and used in some digital cameras, portable digital music players, and other devices. SmartMedia cards are available in a range of storage capacities. Like other flash memory cards, they provide portable, durable, solid-state memory, have fast read/write speeds, and are supported by many manufacturers.

(less commonly known as an SSFDC or "Solid State Floppy Disk Card") A form of removable Flash RAM Memory card used in digital cameras and other handheld computer devices. SmartMedia cards come in both 3.3 and 5 volt versions with storage copacity from 2MB to 16MB. SmartMedia is a registered trademark. See PC Card and Compact Flash Card.

a single flash chip solution, which limits card capacity and ability to store large high- resolution picture files

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