How Do You Tell What Type Of USB Ports You Have?

To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...
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How To Safely Clean Your Computer's USB Ports

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It is essential to keep a Universal Serial Bus port, commonly referred to as a USB port, clean to make it last longer. They are the ...
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Here's What A Computer's Serial Port Was For (And Where It's Still Necessary)

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...
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How to Check Open Ports on a Computer

A port is a numeric identifier for software that runs on a computer, like Web server or email server software. When a port is open, it's accepting connections from the outside world. It's not uncommon ...
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4 USB-C hubs to expand your computer ports

Users of the new Apple MacBook laptops with limited USB-C ports know how important port hubs are to increase the capacity of connections. They can include Ethernet ports, memory card readers, USB-A ...
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5 Ways To Add More USB Ports To Your Computer

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. USB ports are always in high demand but short supply. Modern laptops are major offenders, often providing only one or two USB-C connections ...
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How to open ports in Zone Alarm Professional

Though Firewalls are necessary when your computer is connected to the Internet, they can cause problems trying to get Internet aware programs working properly. For example, if you wanted to host a ...
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4 USB-C hubs to expand your computer ports

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Users of the new Apple MacBook laptops with limited USB-C ports know how important port hubs are to increase the capacity of ...