If you've seen your fair share of laptop and desktop computers, you may have noticed that some USB ports have a brightly colored bit of plastic in the middle. It's easy to assume this is just a ...

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...

To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...

The USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a common type of connector or port that has been an integral part of our lives for many years. Most computing devices or peripherals we use, like our keyboards and ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

Your PC has a variety of USB ports meant for different devices. Most modern computers can feature USB ports of 2–5 different standards, and it's pretty easy to get lost between the options. Now, some ...