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Universal Serial Bus

Title English: 
Universal Serial Bus
Acronym English: 
USB
Definition English: 
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a common interface that enables communication between devices and a host controller such as a personal computer (PC). It connects peripheral devices such as digital cameras, mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, media devices, external hard drives and flash drives. Because of its wide variety of uses, including support for electrical power, the USB has replaced a wide range of interfaces like the parallel and serial port.
Title Arabic: 
وصلة ناقل جامع تسلسلي
Synonym Arabic: 
مهايئ ناقل جامع تسلسلي
Domain: 
Information Technology
Subject: 
ICT Applications
InformationType: 
Term
SourceSymbol: 
A/AC.105/919