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On the rear of the display is a Thunderbolt port, a FireWire 800 port, three USB 2.0 ports, and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The Thunderbolt port allows for the possibility of daisy chaining Thunderbolt Displays from a supported Mac, or connecting other devices that have Thunderbolt ports, such as external hard drives and video capture devices. In ...
A single Thunderbolt 3 or later port provides data transfer, support for two 4K 60 Hz displays, and quick notebook charging up to 100W with a single cable. Any Thunderbolt or USB dock can connect to a Thunderbolt 3 computer. USB devices can be connected to a Thunderbolt 3 or later port. DisplayPort and Mini DisplayPort devices are supported.
In computing, a docking station, port replicator (hub), or dock provides a simplified way to plug-in a mobile device, such as connect common peripherals to a laptop, or charge a smartphone. Because a wide range of dockable devices—from mobile phones to wireless mouse —have different connectors, power signaling, and uses, docks are ...
The Lightning connector was introduced on September 12, 2012, with the iPhone 5, as a replacement for the 30-pin dock connector. [3] The iPod Touch (5th generation), iPod Nano (7th generation), [4] iPad (4th generation) and iPad Mini (1st generation) followed in October and November 2012 as the first devices with Lightning.
Thunderbolt 3 Gen 2 and Gen 3 and the USB4 Gen 2 and Gen 3 modes use very similar signaling. However, Thunderbolt 3 runs at slightly higher speeds, called legacy speeds, compared to rounded speeds of USB4. [34] It is driven slightly faster at 10.3125 Gbit/s (for Gen 2) and 20.625 Gbit/s (for Gen 3), as required by Thunderbolt specifications.
Apple introduced an 8-pin dock connector, named Lightning, on September 12, 2012, as replacement of the 30-pin dock connector. The iPhone 5 to iPhone 14 series, the fifth- to seventh-generation iPod touch, seventh-generation iPod nano, first- to fifth-generation iPad mini, the fourth- to ninth-generation iPad, the first- to third-generation ...
OS X: Proprietary: The standard dock bundled with OS X. DragThing: OS X: Proprietary: Shareware Dock replacement for OS X with many features. Appetizer: Microsoft Windows: Open source: Customizable dock with support for plugins and skins. ObjectDock: Microsoft Windows: Proprietary (Freeware and Shareware) Copy of the OS X dock for Windows ...
USB 3.x and USB 1.x Type-A plugs and receptacles are designed to interoperate. To achieve USB 3.0's SuperSpeed (and SuperSpeed+ for USB 3.1 Gen 2), 5 extra pins are added to the unused area of the original 4 pin USB 1.0 design, making USB 3.0 Type-A plugs and receptacles backward compatible to those of USB 1.0.