Ports and connectors are not always the first thing you think about when buying a computer, but it's good to know your options and more about the different types of computer ports and their functions.

Computers and other electronic devices have a lot of different ports and connectors and their number seems to grow every few years. Since it is essential for IT pros and/or enthusiasts to ...

When you're getting ready to plug an external hard drive or USB flash drive into your favorite device, you have a choice to make. That's because most computers have multiple USB ports, and despite ...

Like all technology, USB has evolved over time. Despite being a "Universal" Serial Bus, in its 18-or-so years on the market it has spawned multiple versions with different connection speeds and many, ...

Probably among the most widely used hardware interfaces seen in consumer electronics these days is the USB. Short for Universal Serial Bus, the USB first emerged in the 1990s when a group of engineers ...

USB ports and connectors come in a variety of shapes and sizes. While you may be familiar with common types like USB Type-A and USB Type-C, there is also USB Type-B. It was introduced back in 1996 ...

Look around your house and chances are you have at least a few devices that use Universal Serial Bus. On average, some 3 billion USB ports are shipped each year, making it by far the most successful ...

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The Radxa Cubie A7S is a single board computer with an Allwinner A733 processor, LPDDR5 memory, and a versatile set of ports and connectors that includes USB Type-C and Type-A, Gigabit Ethernet, and ...

For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Mac computers, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first ...