2006-06-26 22:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by kumaran 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard for connecting devices. It was designed for computers such as PCs and the Apple Macintosh, but its popularity has prompted it to also become commonplace on video game consoles, PDAs; and even devices such as televisions and home stereo equipment, and portable memory devices. Even the popular Apple iPod Shuffle includes a male USB connector.
2006-06-26 22:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Hina♥ 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
An external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and keyboards. USB also supports Plug-and-Play installation and hot plugging. Starting in 1996, a few computer manufacturers started including USB support in their new machines. It wasn’t until the release of the best-selling iMac in 1998 that USB became widespread. ...
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2006-06-27 05:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by ☼ Magnus ☼ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An external bus that supports Plug and Play installation. Using USB (Universal Serial Bus), you can connect and disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer. You can use a single USB port to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, including speakers, telephones, CD-ROM drives, joysticks, tape drives, keyboards, scanners, and cameras. A USB port is usually located on the back of your computer near the serial port or parallel port.
2006-06-27 05:14:25 · answer #3 · answered by horensen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal Serial Bus:
USB defines a class of hardware that makes it easy to add serial devices to your computer. USB support is built to the WDM specification so that future updates of Windows will support current drivers.
To install a USB device, plug the cord from the device into any USB port on your computer.
Note
Although USB and IEEE 1394 are similar technologies, you cannot interchange USB connections with IEEE 1394 connections.
2006-06-27 05:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by vargha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USB: (Universal Serial Bus):
interface that connects between a computer and peripheral devices (such as a keyboard, game controllers, telephone, printer, etc.)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB
2006-06-27 05:18:45 · answer #5 · answered by Neeku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USB means Universal Serial Bus, it a plug and play attachments, we can use in every systems and other mobile devices.
2006-06-27 05:16:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anish.S.R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal Serial Bus; a way of attaching peripheral devices to a computer
2006-06-27 05:20:43 · answer #7 · answered by Yash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-27 05:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by cookiegurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-27 05:24:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋