ports [USB, Parallel, serial]
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term ports refer to either physical or virtual connection points. Physical network ports allow connecting cables to computers, routers, modems and other peripheral devices. Virtual ports allow software applications to share hardware resources without interfering with each other.
USB stands for “Universal Serial Bus” which is an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to a 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, keyboards and modems. Parallel ports are another type of interface found on computers for connecting peripherals. It is also known as the printer port or Centronics port. Another port is a serial port which is a serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one bit at a time.
term ports refer to either physical or virtual connection points. Physical network ports allow connecting cables to computers, routers, modems and other peripheral devices. Virtual ports allow software applications to share hardware resources without interfering with each other.
USB stands for “Universal Serial Bus” which is an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to a 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, keyboards and modems. Parallel ports are another type of interface found on computers for connecting peripherals. It is also known as the printer port or Centronics port. Another port is a serial port which is a serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one bit at a time.