Connecting two computers with a specific type of Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable allows you to transfer files or other data directly from one machine to another. Transfer speeds are limited to the ...

Under normal circumstances, connecting two computers to one another via a regular universal serial bus cable could damage the USB ports on both PCs. But, some USB cables, also referred to as ...

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If your computer doesn't have built-in Wi-Fi or an ethernet port, or if those connections aren't working properly, you're not stuck without internet. USB ports offer multiple ways to get online, ...

USB has been on our desktops and laptops since about 1997 or so, and since then it has been the mainstay of computer peripherals. No other connector is as useful for connecting mice, keyboards, ...

Mobile phones have replaced many of the functions we used to use our laptops and desktop computers to accomplish. But sometimes, you just want a bigger screen, or you want a keyboard instead of a ...