About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Ajay Bhatt, Alereon, Aloaha, Apple Modem, BioSlimDisk, Calao systems, Card reader, CEA-936-A, Central Management and Control, Certified Wireless USB, Compound device, Cruzer Enterprise, Disk enclosure, Easy Transfer Cable, Enhanced mini-USB, Enthusiast System Architecture, ESATAp, Ethernet over USB, EXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI), Frontline Test Equipment, Host controller interface (USB, Firewire), IBM ThinkPad UltraPort, Industrial USB, Integrated circuit card interface device, InterChip USB, IronKey, Isochronous, Libusb, Live USB, MagicJack, Memory card reader, Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, PDMI, PictBridge, Powered USB, StartKey, U3, USB 3.0, USB Attached SCSI, USB communications device class, USB dead drop, USB decoration, USB FlashCard, USB flash drive, USB flash drive security, USB hub, USB human interface device class, USB Implementers Forum, USB mass-storage device class, USB microscope, USB On-The-Go, USB phone, USB video device class, Virtual CD-ROM switching utility, Windows To Go, WinUSB, WiQuest Communications. Excerpt: Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and communications protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices. USB was designed to standardize the connection of computer peripherals (including keyboards, pointing devices, digital cameras, printers, portable media players, disk drives and network adapters) to personal computers, both to communicate and to supply electric power. It has become commonplace on other devices, such as smartphones, PDAs and video game consoles. USB has effectively replaced a variety of earlier interfaces, such as serial and parallel ports, as well as separate power chargers for portable devices. As of 2008, ..
