What is Computer Ports?
A Computer Ports refers to the places on the computer, on the back of the motherboard, where you attach any peripheral device to the computer. A port that is commonly found on a desktop computer and usually one of the following types of computer ports are given below.
The following types of computer ports are
- Serial Port
- Parallel Port
- USB Port
- PS/2 Port
- Audio Port
- Firewire Port
Serial Port
A serial port is an interface in which it can be transfers information as one bit at a time. It used for connecting mice, modems, and gaming controllers.
A parallel port is a parallel communication interface that transfers multiple bits of data at a time. It used to connect printer and other peripheral devices.
A USB stands for Universal Serial Bus is uses for communications, power supply and connections of peripheral devices such as external hard drives, digital cameras, scanners, etc,.
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PS/2 Port
A PS/2 stands for Personal Systems/ 2 Series it was introduce in 1987 by IBM. It is a 6 pin mini-DIN connector uses for connecting Mouse and Keyboard. The green color PS/2 port for mouse connection and blue color PS/2 port was for the keyboard connection.
An audio port is a computer sound card uses to connects microphones, speakers, and headphones. The green color audio port is a line out port uses to connect external speaker, blue color audio port is a line in port uses to connect external audio devices like musical instruments, cd players, etc, it will records and modify incoming sounds and pink color audio port is a microphone port used to connect a microphone to the computer device.
A firewire (also known as IEEE 1394) is a type of USB connector whose speeds are up to 480 Mbps. It is used to connect high transfer rate devices such as external hard drives and digital cameras.
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