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USB

external data bus to connect peripheral devices to a host computer

Details

Instance of: protocol suite, interface standard, de facto standard
Subclass of: serial bus, multi-lane serial bus, peripheral bus, connector, electrical connector
Inception: 1996
Has parts: USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, USB 3.2, USB4 1.0, USB4 2.0
Follows: PS/2 connector, serial port, Apple Desktop Bus, parallel port, game port
connector: USB-C, USB-A, USB-B, USB Type-AB receptacle
developer: Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Nortel, Apple Inc., HP Inc., Texas Instruments
different from: Bus, serial port, bus, UBS
has characteristic: hot swapping
replaces: parallel port, game port
short name: USB
standards body: USB Implementers Forum
topic has template: Template:USB
topic's main category: Category:USB
uses: star network

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