5. Computer Expansion Flashcards
(115 cards)
1
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What is the maximum data transfer speed for USB1.1 technology
A
12Mbps
2
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What are the three types of DVI cables
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- DVI-D : digital only
- DVI-A: analog only
- DVI-I: both digital and analog
3
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What is the maxmum number of devices that can be daisy-chained together with a USB hub
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127
4
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Composite Video
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An analog video transmission that carries standard definiton video typically at 480i or 576i resolution as a single channel
5
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DisplayPort
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A digital connector designed for high-resolution computer monitors
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eSATA
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External SATA
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External SATA (eSATA)
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A connector that allows a user to connect external SATA hard drives, solid state drives, and optical drives to the computer
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RJ
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Registered Jack
9
Q
RJ-11 (Registered Jack 11)
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A connector used for wired analog telephone service and for dial-up modem connections on computers
10
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SATA
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Serial AT Attachment
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Serial AT Attachment (SATA)
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A physical interface used to connect internal hard drives, solid staes drives, and optical drives to the computer
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USB
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Universal Serial Bus
13
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Universal Serial BUS
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A physical interface standard used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices to the computer
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Commpon expansion interfaces
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- USB
- FireWire
- SATA
- Thunderbolt
- RJ (registered jack)
- VGA,DVI, and DisplayPort
- Analog and Digital Audio
- HDMI
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USB Standards
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- USB 1:
- USB 2:
- USB 3:
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USB 1
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- Introduced in 1996
- Not widley available until USB1.1 in 1998
- Two data rates: 1.5 Mbps and 12Mbps
- 1.0 Required use of hubs
- 1.1 Fixed issue of requring hub
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USB 2
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- Introduced in 2000
- 480Mbps
- Supports battery charging
- Unit Load is 100mA
- Device may draw a total a max of 5 unit loads (500mA)
- Most common standard
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USB 3
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- Introduced in 2010
- 5Gbps
- 3.1 Introduced in 2015
- 3.1 has a 10Gbps transfer rate
- Unit load is 150mA and a device may draw a max of 6 unit loads (900mA)
- 3.0 Ports are common in newer devices
- 3.1 Ports are only found in the newest
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Low Bandwith / Low Speed USB
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1.5Mbps (USB1.x)
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Full Bandwith / Full Speed USB
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12Mbps (USB 1.x)
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High Speed USB
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480Mbps (USB2.0)
22
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SuperSpeed USB
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5Gbps (USB 3.0)
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SuperSpeed+ USB
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10Gbps USB 3.1
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USB OTG
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USB On-The-GO
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USB On-The-Go
Designed for portable devices that can be connected to a computer for data tansfer or charging, but can also serve as USB hosts to connect to USB flash drives, keyboards, etc
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Blue USB connectors
USB 3.x Port
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Black USB connectors
Always USB2.0 if other ports are white or blue. (Some devices do not use color coding and use all black ports)
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White USB connectors
USB 1.x
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Red USB Receptacles
Do not power off when the device is on standby and and cab be used as charing ports even with the computer is asleep
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Identify Logo
USB 1.x
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Identify Logo
USB 2.0
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Identify Logo
USB 3.x
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SATA 1.0
* Original SATA
* 1.5 Gbps Data Rate
* Can transfer 150MB/s
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SATA 2.0
* 3GBps data rate
* Transfer speed of 300MB/s
* Doubles rate of SATA1.0
* Backwards compatible with 1.0
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SATA 3.0
* 6Gbps data rate
* transfer speed up to 600MB/s
* doubles data rate of SATA 2.0
* Backwards compatible with 1.0 and 2.0
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eSATA
external SATA
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External SATA (eSATA)
* Allows connectionof external SATA storage devices
* Same speeds of internal SATA cables (1.5Gbps to 6Gbps)
* I shaped (as opposed to L shaped)
* max length of 2 meters
* electromagnetic interference shielding
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RJ-11
Used for wired analog telephone service and dial-up modem connections
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RJ-45
Ethernet connection for wired networks.
similar to RJ-11 connectors (although larger)
8 pin
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IEEE 1394
FireWire
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FireWire
* General Purpose serial bus
* comparable to USB 2.0 in data rate, but more effiecient for high speed storage and ivdeo connections
* Largely replaced with USB3.0 and Thunderbold devices
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Common Firewire data speeds / standards
* 400 Mbps
* 800 Mbps
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RS-232
* Low Speed serial connection on old PCs
* Serial Port
* Uses a D-shaped connector called a D-sub
* Port on PC is male rather than femail like most motherboard connections
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Serial Port sizes
* DB-9
* DB-25
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Parallel
* "Printer Port"
* faster than serial
* 25-pin D-sub
* female on pc side
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PS/2
* Dominant standard for mice and keyboards prior to USB
* Uses round 6 pin connectors
* Puple for keyboard
* green for mouse
* can be split colored for auto device type detection
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Purple PS/2
Keyboard
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Green PS/2
mouse
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VGA
* Oldest commonly used display standard
* Videos Graphics Array
* Uses 15pin D-sub connector (Usually blue)
* Analog
* Not Hot-swapable
* Can support 24bit color (true color) and 7680x4800 resolution with a 16:10 aspect ratio
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HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
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High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
* Designed as an enhanced replacement for DVI with features useful for home theater equipment such as
* Integrated Audio Signal
* Digital Rights Management (DRM)
* smaller and more convenient connector
* Small D shaped connector with two rows of pins
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HDMI 1.4 amd higher supports
100Mbps Eithernet
3D video
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HDMI 1 supports
* All existing high-definition video formats such as
* 720 p
* 1080i
* 1080p
* 480p
* Standard Definition formats such as NTSC or PAL
* Each successive version adds more resolution options
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HDMI 2.0 supports video
* Two video streams to drive multiple displays from as single cable
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HDMI 2.0 supports audio
* 32 channels of high definition audo
* older version support 8
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What is comparable in features and performance to HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort 1.4
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Pink Audio Port
analog microphone audio input
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Light Blue audio port
analog line level audio input (used for input from line outputs
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Lime green:
Analog line level audio output for the main stereo signal (front speakers or headphones)
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Black audio port
analog line level output for surround speakers, typically read stereo
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Orange Audio port
analog line level audio output for center channel speaker and subwoofer
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Optical Audio
Digital audio signals supporting stereo audio and multichannel Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio surround sound
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Gray audio port
Rear-channel audio out (making the black port side left/right channels)
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S/PDIF
Sony / Philips Digital Interface
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Sony / Philips Digital Interface
* Can be used for audio inpuit or output.
* Electrical S/PDIF cables used RCA connectors
* Optical cables use TOSLINK Connectors
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MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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Musical Instrument Digital Interface
* used to connect synthesizers or other electronic instruments.
* MIDI ports on audio equipment are round five-pin connectors
* MIDI ports on sounds cards tend to be larger D-SUB connectors are also used for older game controllers
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Thunderbolt
* Apple technology developed to replace FireWire
* Combines PCIe and DisplayPort into one serial bus
* can transmit and receive:
* data
* video
* audio
* network data
* power
* Allows for external peripheral devices to operate at internal PCIe data speeds
* Expansion cards are implemented on a PCIe graphics card as it can access DisplayPort data and PCIe connectivity on the motherboard
* Bi-directional
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Thunderbolt 1 data transfer rate
20Gbits/s ... 10Gbits on each of the two data channels
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Thunderbolt 2 data transfer rate
20Gbits/s in a single data channel
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Thuderbolt 3 data transfer rate
40Gbit/s ... 10Gbits/s on each of the four data channels
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Thuderbolt can provide how much power to each connected device
* 1 & 2: 10W of power to each connected device
* 3: 15W of power to each connected device
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how many connections can be an USB daisy chain
127
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How many devices can thuderbolt daisy chain
6 devices per port
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Thunderbolt Connectors
* Thunderbolt 1 & thunderbolt 2 use the Mini DisplayPort Adapter
* Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB Type C connector
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MDP
Mini Display Port
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Thunderbolt can connect what types of displays using adapters
* DisplayPort
* DVI
* HDMI
* VGA
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Which Thunderbolt can support dual 4k 60Hz displays
Thunderbolt 3
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Wireless peripheral Interface type
* Bluetooth
* Near field communications (NFC)
* Infrared (IR)
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Bluetooth Class 2
operates at 10 meter (33 foot) range
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Bluetooth class 1
* Gives a longer range,
* Usually only found on industrial equipment.
* High Power
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Bluetooth Class 3
* Low Powered
* Only works up to a 1 meter range
* uncommon
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Bluetooth 2.x
* supports a max data rate of only 2Mbps
* Older and not very common
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Bluetooth 3.0
* Supports a data rate of 25Mbps
* Older but still common
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Bluetooth 4,x
* Supports a max data rate of 25Mbs
* Includes a number of features, including more effiecient data transfers
* Introduced Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE), which is intended for low power use devices powered by coin cells
* Most devices are Bluetooth 4.0 or 4.1
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BLE
Bluetooth Low Energy
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Bluetooth 5
* Not referred to as 5.0
* emerging standard
* found on newer devices
* more flexible combos of speed and range than 4.x
* intended for IOT devices
* its BLE and audio quality imovements are usefil for headsets
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IOT
internet of things
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DRM
digital rights management
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SCMS-T
Serial Copy Management system
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NFC
near field communication
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Near field communication
* max data rate is 424 Kbps
* requires devices to be within 20cm of another
* Range often reduced to 4 to 5 cm
* Only requires one device to be powered
* the active, or initator generates an RF field that sends information buy also powers the passive device
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IR
infrared
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Infrared
* uses a ray of light to transmit digital data
* requires line of sight
* max data transfer speed of 4Mbps
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Standard HDMI Cable
* Carries video up to 720p or 1080i
* Standard HDMI with ethernet has a dedicated channel for ethernet networking
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HighSpeed HDMI
* Carries video resolutions of 1080p, 4k 30Hz, 3D, and deep color
* High Speed HDMI with ethernet has a dedicated channel for ethernet networking
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Ultra High Speed HDMI
* Carries video resolutions of 4k, 5k, 8k, and 10k at 120Hz.
* All Ultra High Speed cables include ethernet
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The three types of HDMI connector typex
1. Standard HDMI / Type A: measures 13.9mm 3 4.45 mm. For use with most desktops, monitors, and HT devices
2. Mini-HDMI / Type C: Measures 10.42x2.42mm. For use with portable eltronic devices.
3. Micro-HDMI/ Type D: Measures 6.4mm x 2.8 mm. For use with smaller form factor computer and devices
All Connectors are 19 pins, and only differ in size. Can be convereted between them with an adapter
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TMDS
transition-mimimized differential signaling
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DVI-D Dual Link Connector
* 24 pin connector allowing for two TMDS links that can carry more than 10Gbps of digital video.
* Male connector has pings arranged in three horizontal rows of 8 pins
* to the side of the 24 pings is a wide flat pin called a ground bar
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DVI-D Single-Link Connector
* 18 pin connector allowing for one TMDS link.
* Male connector has pings arranged in two groups of nine (with middle empty)
* Flat ground bar off to one side of the 18 pins
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DVI-I Dual Link Connector
* 28 pin connector designed to carry both digital and analog signals
* allows for two tdms links
* arranged in three horizontal rows of 8 pins
* to the side is a wide flat pin called a gound bar
* 4 pins surround the ground bar
* Almost identical to the DVI-D dual link except for the 4 pins surrounding the ground bar
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DVI-I Single Link connector
* An 22 pin connector desgined to carry both digital and analog signals allowing for one TMDS link
* Pins arranged in two groups of nine
* Ground bar off to tone side
* 4 pins surround ground bar
* Similar to the DVI-D single link except for the 4 ping arround the ground bar
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DVI-A
* A 17 pin connector carrying only analog signals. It is single-link and there isn't a dual-link option
* 4 pins around groun bar
* group of 8 pins and a group of 5 pins
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Display Port 1.0/1.1 Bandwidth
8.64Gbit/s
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DisplayPort 1.2 Bandwidth
17.28Gbit/s in High Bit Rate 2 (HBR2) mode
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DisplayPort 1.3 / 1.4 Bandwidth
32.3 Gbps in High Bit Rate 3 Mode
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HBR mode
High Bit Rate mode
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USB Type A Connector
* A flat, rectangular connector with four pins.
* Downstream connector
* Transmits both power and data
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USB Type B connector
* A square connector with slightly beveled corners.
* Used on peripheral devices such as printers
* Downstream only (only connects to peripherals)
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USB Mini A connector
Small 5 pin connector that has been deprecated
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USB Mini B
* Small 5 pin connector
* 2/3 width of an A connector
* USB B mini is used for mobile devices
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Micro USB A connector
* Small rectangular connector with a white colord receptacle and 5 pins
* Used with USB on-the-go devices such as cellphones, GPS units, PDAs, and digital cameras
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Micro USB B connector
* Simiar to Micro USB A in shape, size, and number of pins, but with black colored receptacle
* Used with USB on-the-go devices
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