DEFINITION

A USB port is a standard cable connection interface on personal computers and consumer
electronics. USB ports allow stand-alone electronic devices to be connected via cables to
a computer (or to each other).
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, an industry standard for short-distance digital data
communications. USB allows data to be transferred between devices. USB ports can also
supply electric power across the cable to devices without their own power source. Both
wired and wireless versions of the USB standard exist, although only the wired version
involves USB ports and cables.

TYPES OF USB
USB 2.0 Micro-A plugs are very small and rectangular in shape, resembling in many
ways a shrunken USB Type A plug. USB Micro-A plugs are physically compatible with
both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Micro-AB receptacles.
USB Micro-B: USB 3.0 Micro-B plugs look almost identical to USB 3.0 Micro-A plugs
in that they appear as two individual, but connected, plugs. USB 3.0 Micro-B plugs are
compatible with both USB 3.0 Micro-B receptacles and USB 3.0 Micro-AB receptacles.
USB 2.0 Micro-B plugs are very small and rectangular but the two corners on one of the
long sides are beveled. USB Micro-B plugs are physically compatible with both USB 2.0
Micro-B and Micro-AB receptacles, as well as USB 3.0 Micro-B and Micro-AB
receptacles.
USB Mini-A: The USB 2.0 Mini-A plug is rectangular in shape but one side is more
rounded. USB Mini-A plugs are only compatible with USB Mini-AB receptacles. There
is no USB 3.0 Mini-A connector.
USB Mini-B: The USB 2.0 Mini-B plug is rectangular in shape with a small indention on
either side, almost looking like a stretched out piece of bread when looking at it head-on.
USB Mini-B plugs are physically compatible with both USB 2.0 Mini-B and Mini-AB
receptacles. There is no USB 3.0 Mini-B connector.
USB type a to b cables
Usb type a to micro B-5 pin cable
Usb 3.0 A to B superSPEED 5 gigabit cables
Usb types c cables and adapters
Usb accessories.hubs,switches,converters,chargers,and card reader
Usb specialized camera cable
Usb adapters and gender changers
Usb 3.0 A to A superSPEED 5 gigabit cables
Usb type A to mini 4 pin cables

Usb type A to A cables

Usb type A to A extension cables
Usb type to mini B/5 pin cables
Usb 3.0 to micro-B superSPEED 5 gigabit cables

USB HUB
A USB hub is a device that expands a single Universal Serial Bus (USB) port into several so that
there are more ports available to connect devices to a host system.

USB hubs are often built into equipment such as computers, keyboards, monitors, or printers.
When such a device has many USB ports, they all usually stem from one or two internal USB
hubs rather than each port having independent USB circuitry.

Physically separate USB hubs come in a wide variety of form factors: from external boxes
(looking similar to an Ethernet or network hub) connectible with a long cable, to small designs
that can be directly plugged into a USB port (see the "compact design" picture). In the middle
case, there are "short cable" hubs which typically use an integral 6-inch cable to slightly distance
a small hub away from physical port congestion and of course increase the number of available
ports.

Laptop computers may be equipped with many USB ports, but an external USB hub can
consolidate several everyday devices (like a mouse and a printer) into a single hub to enable onestep attachment and removal of all the devices.