To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...

Traditional USB-A-style ports come in one of three main varieties: uncolored, dark blue, and teal. This color-coding system ...

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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 ...

USB ports began development in 1994 with the goal of creating a universal connector to replace the multiple standards used in computers of the time. Since then, USB ports have evolved significantly.