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.

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

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.

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

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.

This was necessary for those who could synchronize only via USB.

A USB Phone TSP ( Telephony Service Provider ) was also included which allows an application to control a USB phone and use it as a streaming endpoint.

In the process, they designed the parallel electrical interface that was to become standard on most printers until it began to be replaced by the Universal Serial Bus ( USB ) in the late 1990s.

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.

Perhaps the final 7-bit restriction, primarily imposed due to the pervasive use of RS-232 protocol for serial ports between devices, notably computers and modems, was lifted in the mid-1990s when RS-232 was largely replaced with Ethernet and with USB.

USB signals are not incorporated into the connector, but were earlier incorporated into the VESA Plug and Display connector used by InFocus on their projector systems, and in the Apple Display Connector, which was used by Apple until 2005.

The PCMCIA association was dissolved in 2009 and all of its activities are now managed by the USB Implementer's Forum, according to the PCMCIA website.

It was intended to add some forward compatibility with USB and IEEE 1394, but was not universally adopted and only some notebooks have PC Card controllers with CardBay features.

The design was discontinued in May 2001, in favor of the new " Dual USB " iBooks.

Before the advent of USB, the parallel interface was adapted to access a number of peripheral devices other than printers.

Sound was provided by an external USB amplifier and a pair of Harman Kardon speakers.

While it was made available earlier than USB, it never became popular.

A number of monitors with A. b connectors started appearing in the mid-1990s, notably those by NEC, but this was at about the same time USB was being heavily promoted and few devices were available to plug into them.

On the downside, A. b was much slower than USB.

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

USB is designed to make it easy for device drivers to communicate with hardware.

In a software studio, there is either no physical mixer fader bank at all or there is a compact group of motorized faders designed to fit into a small space and connected to the computer via USB or Firewire.

Although OBEX was initially designed for infrared, it has now been adopted by Bluetooth, and is also used over RS232, USB, WAP, and in devices such as Livescribe smartpens.

Kanotix is designed for multiple-purpose usage so that it can be used in live mode on different types of media ( DVD, hard disk, and USB flash drive ) and includes an installation tool for installing Kanotix to the hard drive.

It was won by Will Wright who designed an Emily Dickinson personality simulator contained entirely on a USB flash drive.

It was won by Jason Rohrer who designed a one-player at a time multiplayer game named Chain World contained entirely on a USB flash drive.

Since the EyeToy is essentially a webcam inside a casing designed to match the PlayStation 2 and it uses a USB 1. 1 protocol and USB plug, it is possible to make it work on other systems relatively easily.

The host device supports PCI Express, USB 2. 0, and SuperSpeed USB ( ExpressCard 2. 0 only ) connectivity through the ExpressCard slot ; cards can be designed to use any of these modes.

The system is designed to be booted as a live CD or USB and no trace is left on local storage unless explicitly told to.

The Universal Serial Bus ( USB ) provides both data and power, but it is designed for short cables with a maximum length of and provides less than 2. 5 W of non-isolated power.

The basic Windows and WinCE platforms were retained, and a new hybrid PAN was designed, which drew upon both USB and FireWire protocols.

The DualShock 2 is also backwards compatible with the original PlayStation, and is forwards compatible with the PlayStation 3 through the use of third party peripherals designed to create a connection between the wire of the controller and the console's USB ports.

However, it is designed to support existing standards, such as Exif, TIFF / EP, DCF, and DPOF, and is commonly implemented over the USB and FireWire transport layers.

In other words, the USB mass storage class is designed to give a host computer undifferentiated access to bulk mass storage, such as compact flash, rather than to a file system, which might be safely shared with the target device ( except for specific files which the host might be modifying / accessing ).

* Novint Falcon, a USB haptic controller designed to replace the mouse in video games and other applications

Ableton Live is designed to be used with a wide range of USB and MIDI controllers, as well as instruments and virtual instruments.

The first pieces of equipment released by Panasonic which use the P2 format included the AJ-SPX800 ( a 2 / 3 " broadcast camcorder for ENG and EFP applications ), the studio recorder AJ-SPD850, the AJ-PCD10 offload device ( basically, a five-slot PC card reader with USB interface designed to fit a 5-1 / 4 " IT systems bay ), and the memory cards themselves – AJ-P2C004 ( 4 GB ) and AJ-P2C002 ( 2 GB ).

Some flash cartridges use specialized software designed for the specific cartridge, such as Power Writer and USB Writer software for the Flash2Advance Ultra cartridges.

Knopperdisk is an operating system specifically designed for a USB pen drive and floppy disks.

Poorly designed coolers may use fans which draw more current than allowed by the USB standard.

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

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.

Testing has shown MIDI over USB to perform slightly slower than MIDI over a standard connection, and with higher latency.

While early PDAs connected to a user's personal computer via serial ports or another proprietary connection, many today connect via a USB cable.

Compatibility is important for products to be successful ; many devices coming out have USB, Ethernet, or other standard types of connection.

Universal Serial Bus ( USB ) is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and communications protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices.

The hardware connects to a computer through a USB or Ethernet connection, and then relays the captured signals to the software on the computer.

NetMD recorders allow music files to be transferred from a computer to a recorder ( but not in the other direction ) over a USB connection.

Some are even fitted with USB interfaces as standard to aid connection to modern legacy-free computers.

Some camcorders also feature a USB 2. 0 port for computer connection.

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.

Some appliances include a USB port that is used for control and connection to a domotics network.

** Network, USB, Parallel or other connection types

The console also has a USB 1. 1 port for connection with a host computer, a serial expansion port, a 3. 3 V power adapter input, a headphone connector and a rear compartment which holds two AA sized batteries.

* Extras: " JBL Audio Station " which acts as a docking station with 2 more USB 2. 0 ports and an RJ45 connection.

However, it is not widely used in building industrial test and measurement systems for a number of reasons ; for example, USB cables are not industrial grade, are noise sensitive, can accidentally become detached, and the maximum distance between the controller and the device is 30 m. Like RS-232, USB is useful for applications in a laboratory setting that do not require a rugged bus connection.

It ran only under Mac OS X and was used to synchronize contact and calendar data from Address Book and iCal with many non-Apple SyncML-enabled mobile phones via a Bluetooth or USB connection.

Some of the newer calculators are similar, with the addition of more memory, faster processors, and USB connection such as the TI-82, TI-83 series, and TI-84 series.

With an MMC reader ( typically a small box that connects via USB or some other serial connection, although some can be found integrated into the computer itself ), a user could copy the pictures taken with the digital camera off to his or her computer.

USB 1. 1 connection

USB 2. 0 connection

Part of the reason for this was the inclusion of a FireWire connection, which is of comparable speed to USB 2. 0.