The USB Implementers Forum, the organization responsible for certifying USB technology, has never assigned an official meaning to purple USB ports. Yet millions of laptops and desktops ship with ...

If you have ever glanced at the back of a laptop or the front panel of a desktop and spotted a USB port with an orange insert ...

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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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 ...

If you've seen your fair share of laptop and desktop computers, you may have noticed that some USB ports have a brightly colored bit of plastic in the middle. It's easy to assume this is just a ...

If you've ever noticed that some USB ports are different colors, such as black, blue, red, yellow, or even orange, you should know that it's not just for aesthetics. The color of a USB port is often ...

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 ...

If you've ever looked at a computer or a phone charging brick and wondered why some USB ports are different colors, you're far from alone. Although USB ports have been color coded for quite some time, ...