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2. USB hub - Wikipedia

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   A four-port "long cable" "external box" USB hub A four-port "compact design" USB hub: upstream and downstream ports shown. A USB hub is a device that expands a single Universal Serial Bus (USB) port into several so that there are more ports available to connect devices to a host system, similar to a power strip. All devices connected through a ...

3. USB - Wikipedia

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   Serial port, parallel port, game port, Apple Desktop Bus, PS/2 port, and FireWire (IEEE 1394) Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics. It specifies its architecture, in particular its physical interface, and communication protocols for data transfer and ...

4. Disk enclosure - Wikipedia

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   An external hard drive enclosure that uses a 2.5-in drive and a USB connection for power and transfer Key benefits to using external disk enclosures include: Adding additional storage space and media types to small form factor and laptop computers, as well as sealed embedded systems such as digital video recorders [ 1 ] and video game consoles .

5. Computer port (hardware) - Wikipedia

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   Computer port (hardware) A computer port is a hardware piece on a computer where an electrical connector can be plugged to link the device to external devices, such as another computer, a peripheral device or network equipment. [1] This is a non-standard term. Electronically, the several conductors where the port and cable contacts connect ...

6. USB 3.0 - Wikipedia

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   USB 3.0 port provided by an ExpressCard-to-USB 3.0 adapter may be connected to a separately-powered USB 3.0 hub, with external devices connected to that USB 3.0 hub. On the motherboards of desktop PCs which have PCI Express (PCIe) slots (or the older PCI standard), USB 3.0 support can be added as a PCI Express expansion card .

7. Portable storage device - Wikipedia

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   Portable storage device. A portable storage device (PSD) is a compact plug-and-play mass storage device designed to hold a large volume of digital data of any kind. [1] This is slightly different from a portable media player, which is designed to only store music and video files that its internal reader softwares can play. Most modern PSDs are ...