Definition: Universal Serial Bus (USB)


A serial bus with a bandwidth of 1.5 megabits per second (Mbps) for connecting peripherals to a microcomputer. USB can connect up to 127 peripherals, such as external CD-ROM drives, printers, modems, mice, and keyboards, to the system through a single, general-purpose port. This is accomplished by daisy chaining peripherals together. USB supports hot plugging and multiple data streams.




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Logistics Model

The systems by which a company organizes the physical distribution of its products. A hard drive manufacturer's model might include portions to OEM customers, to distributors, to retail chains or to all of these.

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