David Lin May 8, 2014:

更多信息 IBM 也用被动／主动

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iisinfsv/v8r7/index.jsp?to...

中国X技術网址也用 ‘被动’ 于有关记忆卡的装置：
http://www.xjishu.com/zhuanli/55/03244302.html

David Lin May 8, 2014:

另一例句供参考 Aspect 是一家软件公司

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http://zipwire.aspect.com/privacy-policy/

David Lin May 8, 2014:

其他证明 例句：The computing literature often draws a sharp distinction between input and output; computer scientists are used to regarding a screen as a passive output device and a mouse as a pure input device.

例句来自此美国研究链结 － 大意是：电脑屛幕是一种被动输出装置，而滑鼠是纯输入装置。
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kenh/all-publi...

David Lin May 8, 2014:

可能和带电源没有关系 A passive device = A unit of a computer which cannot itself initiate a request for communication with another device, but which honors such a request from another device.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/passive device

如果这个和计算机有关的英文解释是正确的话，那么 passive memory device 和有没有带电源就没有关系。

Randy 和 Brunoccj 的建议可能比较准确。