I flash... But, illumination is not always to be found
I recall... Yet, others give me amnesia
I am little... Still, I can be quite large
I will carry things for you... Conversely, I must receive them first
I communicate very fast... Still, you prefer it that way
I am bigger than my older brothers... Yet, I am much smaller than they
I used to only have one friend... But, I now play with many
Is it a
USB Drive
I flash... But, illumination is not always to be found
Also called Flash drives
I recall... Yet, others give me amnesia
Memory storage, and deletion
I am little... Still, I can be quite large
Finger sized, but with many gigs of space
I will carry things for you... Conversely, I must receive them first
Portable information store
I communicate very fast... Still, you prefer it that way
USB protocols are getting faster
I am bigger than my older brothers... Yet, I am much smaller than they
More memory, less physical size than earlier portable storage CD/Floppy
I used to only have one friend... But, I now play with many
Started out only really working with PCs, now work with many devices.
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$\begingroup$ Well, that was quick haha. You're correct. Although line 1 isn't the clue I had in mind. Also, I have a little hidden clue :P $\endgroup$ – dcfyj Sep 9 '16 at 15:02
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$\begingroup$ @dcfyj Maybe you were referring to damaged ones. $\endgroup$ – ThEBiShOp Sep 9 '16 at 15:10
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$\begingroup$ The clue
flash
might be understood here asblinking [led]
indicating activity. It is not mandatory though, to have one. $\endgroup$ – Matsmath Sep 9 '16 at 15:53 -
$\begingroup$ The led is the reason I put the second half of that line, to help people realize that "Flash" wasn't talking about lights. $\endgroup$ – dcfyj Sep 9 '16 at 17:51
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$\begingroup$ I assume it has more to do with the fact that... hfo qevirf ner pnyyrq synfu qevirf orpnhfr gurl hfr synfu zrzbel (pnyyrq guvf orpnhfr bs ubj snfg gurl pbhyq jevgr) (Rot13) (Source: Quora but don't want to post the link since it has a clue about the riddle in it) uggcf://jjj.dhben.pbz/Jul-vf-synfu-zrzbel-pnyyrq-fb $\endgroup$ – yitzih Sep 9 '16 at 17:55
Are you
A computer (or USB system)
I recall... Yet, others give me amnesia
Save and deleting stuff
I am little... Still, I can be quite large
Computer (or USB) of all size
I will carry things for you... Conversely, I must receive them first
Got your file
I communicate very fast... Still, you prefer it that way
NEEEED RAM (or USB3)
I am bigger than my older brothers... Yet, I am much smaller than they
Much bigger RAM (bytes), but smaller
I used to only have one friend... But, I now play with many
Only one user. But now connected
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$\begingroup$ All the "I"s refer to the same object, you're jumping to different things. $\endgroup$ – dcfyj Sep 9 '16 at 15:00
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