What does USB stand for

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Friday October 15, 2010

One great development in the world of computers over the last decade or so has been the mainstream acceptance of

USB connections

Universal Serial Bus ports

are numerous on modern computers and have made the

serial ports

and

parallels ports

of the past obsolete. This makes

connecting peripherals to your computer

much easier.

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Show Notes

- In early computers, there were a variety of connectors and connection types.

- Most printers connected to a parallel port.

- Modems and some printers would connect to a serial port.

- It became a big deal if your computer had two serial or two parallel ports.

- Today you seldom see either parallel or serial ports.

- They have been replaced by USB or Universal Serial Bus ports.

- Just about everything can connect through these handy ports.

- It also means that you don't have to have a bunch of different connectors and adapters.

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