Looking at the back or side of your laptop, PC tower, or computer monitor, you’ll notice they all have something in common: multiple USB ports. If you’re like many computer users, you may not pay much attention to these ports. You know they’re used to connect peripherals to your computer and transfer data, among other things, but there’s a good chance you never got into the specifics of what each type of USB port can do or what makes them different from one another….

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