USB

external data bus to connect peripheral devices to a host computer
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USB
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USB

Summary

USB is a protocol suite[1]. USB ranks in the top 9% of protocol_suite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • USB's instance of is recorded as protocol suite[3].
  • USB's instance of is recorded as interface standard[4].
  • USB's instance of is recorded as de facto standard[5].
  • USB followed PS/2 connector[6].
  • USB followed serial port[7].
  • USB followed Apple Desktop Bus[8].
  • USB followed parallel port[9].
  • USB followed game port[10].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Compaq[11].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Digital Equipment Corporation[12].
  • USB's developer is recorded as IBM[13].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Intel[14].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Microsoft[15].
  • USB's developer is recorded as NEC[16].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Nortel[17].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[18].
  • USB's developer is recorded as HP Inc.[19].
  • USB's developer is recorded as Texas Instruments[20].
  • USB is a type of serial bus[21].
  • USB is a type of multi-lane serial bus[22].
  • USB is a type of peripheral bus[23].
  • USB is a type of connector[24].
  • USB is a type of electrical connector[25].
  • USB's Commons category is recorded as USB[26].
  • USB comprises USB 1.0[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include protocol suite[3], interface standard[4], and de facto standard[5]. Recorded subclass of include serial bus[21], multi-lane serial bus[22], peripheral bus[23], connector[24], and electrical connector[25].

Origins

1996 marks the founding of USB[28].

Use and Application

Components include USB 1.0[27], a specification edition[29]; USB 1.1[30], a specification edition[31]; USB 2.0[32], a specification edition[33]; USB 3.0[34], a specification edition[35]; USB 3.1[36], an interface standard[37]; and USB 3.2[38], a specification edition[39].

Why It Matters

USB ranks in the top 9% of protocol_suite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,433 views/month).[2] USB has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] USB is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . usb.org. Retrieved . usb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . usb.org. Retrieved . usb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . usb.org. Retrieved . usb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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