USB

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noun a standard that defines a high-speed serial interface that transfers data at up to 12 Mbps and allows up to 127 compatible peripherals to be connected to a computer.

noun a standard defining a high-speed serial interface that transfers data at up to 480Mbps and allows up to 127 compatible peripherals to be connected to a computer.
acronymHSSI
acronym forFirewire
a trade name for a high-speed serial interface developed by the Apple Computer Corporation and used to link devices such as a digital camera with the computer.
noun a serial link that can transfer data at data rates up to 52 Mbps, used in some wide area network systems.

A serial interface which has a maximum data transfer rate of up to 12 Mbps, and which can link up to 127 peripherals. USB also supports hot swapping and plug-and-Play, and enhanced versions, such as USB 2.0 can increase throughput significantly. A USB also provides a given amount of power to connected peripherals, often eliminating the need for such peripherals to have a separate supply. Most computers are equipped with multiple USB ports. Also called USB bus, or USB interface.
A standard defining a USB bus.
acronym forupper sideband
A serial interface which implements the IEEE 1394 standard. Such an interface features transfer speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to over 2 Gbps, and allows the connection of up to 63 devices. It also supports hot swapping, and isochronous data transfer. Used, for instance, for real-time transfers of video. Also called High-performance Serial Bus.

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