by a spring detent there are many other possibilities as well in embodiments of the invention described above there is no need for a protective plastic cap for the male usb connector as is common in the art at the time of filing the present application and the light integrated into the thumb drive in some embodiments provides real aid to a user in finding and connecting to unused usb ports the light has other uses as a simple utility flashlight as well in another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in fig5 further enhancement is provided such that a thumb drive 501 may also operate as a music repository and player such as an mp3 player in this embodiment the memory capacity of the thumb drive is controlled in the same manner that is done in the art for mp3 players and the like so that music and other audio material may be downloaded to the unique thumb drive from a computer device and may be played back to a user for this purpose a display 502 is provided which may be an led light emitting diode or an lcd liquid crystal display is provided and additional firmware for internal microprocessor control is provided to manage storage of audio files such.