| USB (Universal Serial Bus) | USB, which stands for Universal Serial Bus, is a new way of connecting external devices to a computer. There are several appealing factors about a USB. First it is faster than the connection most of us are now using. PCs traditionally come with two types of ports, the serial port and the parallel port. USB allows data to be transferred from the connected device to the computer much faster than either of these two older ports. In fact, USB is about 10 times faster than a parallel port. Next a USB device is generally much easier to install. Most new computers, including Macs, have USB ports. To use a USB device with a Windows PC, you must be running the second version of Windows 95, Windows 98, or a newer version of Windows, such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
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