Glossary of Terms
 
  Universal Serial Bus  
  Most commonly referred to as USB — an external bus standard that can support multiple peripheral devices in a daisy chain configuration, and has a total bandwidth of 1.5 megabytes per second. USB also supports Plug-and-Play installation and hot plugging.  
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Related terms:
  Firewire   JazĀ® drive   SCSI   ZipĀ® drive   bus   parallel port   serial bus   serial port