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What Every Different USB Port Color Actually Means

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...
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This is what you need to know about USB port colors

Older USB ports can come in white, black, blue, red, yellow, or orange, signaling their data transfer speeds, and in some cases their support for passive or always-on power functions. The USB-IF and ...
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Why is my USB port orange? I learned what every color really means, and it's wild

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...
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Black vs blue: why are my USB ports colored on the inside?

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...
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What It Really Means If You See A Yellow-Colored USB Port

You may have noticed that some of your computer's USB connector ports are colored, be it blue, black, or yellow. These colors are more than just design choices from your computer's manufacturer; they ...