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2. 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 .

3. External storage - Wikipedia

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   In computing, external storage refers to non-volatile (secondary) data storage outside a computer 's own internal hardware, and thus can be readily disconnected and accessed elsewhere. Such storage devices may refer to removable media (e.g. punched paper, magnetic tape, floppy disk and optical disc), compact flash drives (USB flash drive and ...

4. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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   Variants using USB 2.0 interface generally have slower data transfer rates when compared to internally mounted hard drives connected through SATA. Plug and play drive functionality offers system compatibility and features large storage options and portable design. As of March 2015, available capacities for external hard disk drives ranged from ...

5. USB mass storage device class - Wikipedia

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   However, portable devices typically cannot provide enough power for hard-drive disk enclosures (a 2.5-inch (64 mm) hard drive typically requires the maximum 2.5 W in the USB specification) without a self-powered USB hub. A Windows Mobile device cannot display its file system as a mass-storage device unless the device implementer adds that ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...