What is USB?
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. USB ports are the rectangular slots on just about every desktop, laptop or Mac that are used to connect devices like the mouse, keyboard or printer. Most PCs have a number of USB ports. You’ll need a spare USB port to use the USB Modem, for first time i nstallation we recommend using the long cable with the two USB ports. Once installed you can use either one of the cables provided.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a popular hardware interface that allows users to attach secondary hardware devices to their computer in a Plug-and-Play fashion. Originally released in 1995, USB ports began to appear in newly manufactured computers by 1997. Windows 98 was the first Windows platform to support USB technology. It wasn’t long before the popularity of USB grew to the point where all previous standards of connectivity were replaced – gone were the now antiquated serial and parallel ports most computers used up to that point. Today’s computers will typically provide a minimum of four USB ports as a standard feature.
The USB (Universal Serial Bus) is designed to be a “plug and play” method of attaching computer peripherals to a computer. It was designed to eliminate the jumpers and dip switches, and to remove the complexity of adding components to your computer. USB devices can be “hot plugged” to your computer while the system is turned on.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices. A major component in the legacy-free PC, USB was designed to allow peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket, to improve plug-and-play capabilities by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer (hot swapping).
