USB, FireWire, and Serial ATA are examples of this.

Some computer sound cards include a standard MIDI connector, whereas others connect by any of various means that include the D-subminiature DA-15 game port, USB, FireWire, Ethernet or a proprietary connection.

In addition to the original 31. 25 kbit / s ( baud is the signalling rate and is the reciprocal of the shortest signalling element ; bits / sec is the data rate ) current-loop transported on 5-pin DIN, other connectors have been used for the same electrical data, and transmission of MIDI streams in different forms over USB, IEEE 1394 a. k. a. FireWire, and Ethernet is now common.

USB is considered to be a consumer standard, while FireWire is intended as a standard for consumer and professional equipment.

USB was developed for use with peripherals such as mice and keyboards, which have no specific timing needs, but FireWire was created for use with multimedia applications.

Unlike USB, FireWire uses intelligent controllers that can manage their own transmission without attention from the main CPU.

As a result, FireWire performs sustained transfers at a faster rate than even USB 2. 0, despite the latter's nominal speed advantage.

FireWire also scans, or detects incoming messages, eight times faster than does USB.

As with standard MIDI devices, FireWire devices can communicate with each other with no computer present, unlike USB devices, which require a host computer.

A PAN may also be carried over wired computer buses such as USB and FireWire.

The " Lombard " appeared in 1999, ( AKA: Bronze Keyboard ) a thinner, lighter, and faster ( 333 or 400 MHz ) PowerBook with a longer battery life and had both USB and SCSI built in and was a New World ROM Mac, and then the " Pismo " in 2000, which replaced the single SCSI port with two FireWire ports, updated the PowerBook line to AGP graphics, a 100 MHz bus speed, and DVD-ROM optical drives standard, in addition to dropping the " G3 " from the PowerBook name.

Tape drives can be connected to a computer with SCSI ( most common ), Fibre Channel, SATA, USB, FireWire, FICON, or other interfaces.

Windows 2000 also introduced USB device class drivers for USB printers, Mass storage class devices, and improved FireWire SBP-2 support for printers and scanners, along with a Safe removal applet for storage devices.

For residential variations of DSL, this is usually the Ethernet ( RJ-45 ) port or a USB port ; in rare models, a FireWire port is used.

Naturally, any digital bus ( e. g., USB, FireWire, and PCI ) can carry digital audio.

* USB and FireWire support improvements: Windows Me is the only operating system in the Windows 9x series that includes generic drivers for USB mass storage devices and USB printers.

While such interfaces as Ethernet, FireWire, and USB all send data as a serial stream, the term " serial port " usually identifies hardware more or less compliant to the RS-232 standard, intended to interface with a modem or with a similar communication device.

Low-cost processors now allow higher-speed, but more complex, serial communication standards such as USB and FireWire to replace RS-232.

MEGO 051 Massimo: Hey babe, let me see your USB and I'll show you my FireWire 3 " CD ( 11. 2001 )

* External interfaces including industry standards such as USB, FireWire, Ethernet, USART, SPI.

The Cube also featured two FireWire ports and two USB ports for connecting peripherals.

Other examples include Serial ATA, USB, SAS, FireWire ( 1394 ) and RapidIO.

Support was added to OS X in order to provide support for the large number of existing AppleTalk devices, notably laser printers and file shares, but alternate connection solutions common in this era, notably USB for printers, limited their demand.

Microsoft first introduced AGP support into Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 ( OSR2 version 1111 or 950B ) via the USB SUPPLEMENT to OSR2 patch.

Some modern hi-fi equipment can be digitally connected using fibre optic TOSLINK cables, universal serial bus ( USB ) ports ( including one to play digital audio files ), or Wi-Fi support.

* Windows 95 B USB-( OSR2. 1 ) included basic USB support.

USB support in Windows 98 is marketed as a vast improvement over Windows 95.

New features also include USB 3. 0 support, the Windows Store, the ability to run from USB drives with Windows To Go, and others.

The sequencer section differs from the original TB-303, adding support for MIDI and USB interfaces as well as an alternate event entry interface.

The Triton II ( Official name 82430HX ) was a version of Intel's Triton processor chipset with all the features of the 82430FX ( Triton I ) plus support for ECC, parity RAM, two-way SMP, USB, and then current PCI to improve speed.

Del Naja and Thom Yorke of Radiohead threw an unofficial party at the occupied USB bank in the city of London in December 2011, in support for the international Occupy movement.

WIA also includes support for USB still image capture device classes such as scanners and cameras through the Picture Transfer Protocol.

* USB controller support

In order to support the same sort of device-to-device connection, USB requires additional support in dual-role devices to emulate a host and provide similar functionality.

Apple GeoPort technology is now obsolete, and modem support is typically offered through USB.

When the " Assabet " board is combined with the " Neponset " companion processor board they provide support for 32 megabytes of SDRAM in addition to CompactFlash and PCMCIA slots along with an I2S or AC-Link serial audio bus, PS / 2 mouse and trackpad interfaces, a USB host controller and 18 additional GPIO pins.

The new version included ( along other improvements ) the previously missing native TCP / IP stack, an updated Sputnik release, AltiVec support, alpha compositing 3D layers for the graphical user interface, new USB components ( including USB 2. 0 support ), new screenblankers, and Reggae, a new, modular, streaming multimedia framework.

Three open-source keyer / keyset designs are available: The pickey a ps / 2 device based on the PIC microcontroller, the spiffchorder a USB device based on the Atmel AVR family of microcontrollers, and the GKOS keypad driver for Linux as well as the Gkos library for the Atmel / Arduino open source board.

PC Floppy controllers ( ISA or onboard, but not USB floppy drives ) are able to deal with the 1581 format without need for any special tricks.

The band sold recordings of the shows on the Intriguer tour on USB flash drives and made individual live tracks available for free download.

* low-bandwidth I / O buses of various sorts ( for pointing devices such as mice, keyboards, USB, etc.

Fees are usually charged for distribution on compact discs and bootable USB drives, or for services of installing or maintaining the operation of free software.

USB 3G / GPRS modems use a terminal-like interface over USB 1. 1, 2. 0 and later, data formats V. 42bis, and RFC 1144 and some models have connector for external antenna.

Modems can be added as cards ( for laptops ) or external USB devices which are similar in shape and size to a computer mouse, or nowadays more like a pendrive.

Later versions of the Highway products also included built-in Universal serial bus ( USB ) sockets for direct computer access.

Most modern joysticks use a USB interface for connection to the PC.

As of 2007, virtually all motherboards come with at least four USB ports on the rear, with at least 2 connections on the board internally for wiring additional front ports that may be built into the computer case.

A standard for MIDI over USB was developed in 1999 as a joint effort between IBM, Microsoft, Altec Lansing, Roland Corporation, and Philips.

Some PDAs also have a USB port, mainly for USB flash drives.

He was a principal designer of the cryptographic key agreement protocol ( the " association model ") for the Wireless USB standard.

There are also many turntables on the market designed to be plugged into a computer via a USB port for needle dropping purposes.

A Mini-mouse is a small egg-sized mouse for use with laptop computers ; usually small enough for use on a free area of the laptop body itself, it is typically optical, includes a retractable cord and uses a USB port to save battery life.