Here's what every different USB port type actually means

C, and USB Type-B ports are used in all sorts of devices nowadays, but they're not all made the same, and some are becoming ...

USB hit the scene 30 years ago this month - we look back on its journey to standardization success

In 1996, the first USB design (USB 1.0) hit the market, and it eventually became the industry standard - albeit with a few ...

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The success of the Universal Serial Bus grew from humble beginnings: on January 15, 1996, the first final specification was ...

What Is A USB 'Header' (And How Is It Different From A Port)?

With the prevalence of USB devices, it's easy to mix up USB headers and ports, but the header is the motherboard pin ...
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serial port

A socket that connects to a serial interface (one bit following another over one line). Serial ports are widely used by sensors for data acquisition, and they were standard on early computers for ...