Article | REF: S8150 V1

Universal Serial Bus USB

Author: Philippe DALLEMAGNE

Publication date: March 10, 2005 | Lire en français

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    5. Areas of use

    5.1 Historical applications

    USB was originally designed to replace serial, parallel, mouse and keyboard connections - simply, inexpensively and with a limited number of connectors. It was therefore intended to connect simple, low-speed devices such as modems.

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    5.2 Specific applications

    By also aiming for SCSI (Small Computer System Interface ) connections, USB set the bar very high. In fact, SCSI and USB devices continued to coexist for some time. Eventually, the SCSI standard was superseded by USB...

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