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Connector |
Devices |
Description |
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RJ45
|
10/100/1000Base
T Networks |
Registered
Jack-45, an eight wire connector use for networking |
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BNC |
10Base2
or Thinnet |
Bayonet
Nut Connector use with RG58 coaxial thin cables |
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RJ11 |
Telephone
or Modem Connector |
Registered
Jack-11 a four or six wire connector use for Internet connections
|
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DIN/5 |
AT Keyboard |
Deutsche
Industrinorm connector that is use to connect an AT keyboard
|
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PS/2 |
ATX Keyboard
or Mouse |
Personal
System 2 connector or ATX connector developed by IBM to connect
an ATX Keyboard (purple) or Mouse (green) |
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Centronics |
Parallel
Printer end Connection |
A standard
interface for connecting parallel printer devices |
| DB
Connectors |
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Parallel
Port |
Parallel
Devices (Printer, Scanner, External Devices and Zip Drives) |
Bi-Directional
ECP 8 bits wide 1.5Mbps-2.77Mbps
EPP 4 bits wide 600Kbps
LPT address |
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SCSI_50 |
SCSI Devices |
3 rows
use mainly by External SCSI devices |
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SCSI_68 |
SCSI Devices |
2 rows
use mainly by External SCSI devices |
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Analog
Video Port |
Analog
Monitor Port |
3 rows
with 15 holes use by CRT or LCD monitors found on video cards |
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Digital
Video Interface Port |
Digital
Monitor Port |
Digital
Video Interface use by the newer LCD monitors found on newer
graphics cards |
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Joystick
or
MIDI Port |
Joystick,
Game and MIDI devices |
2 rows
15 holes found on sound cards |
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Serial
9 Port |
Serial
Mouse, PDA, Modem and Digital Camera |
2 rows
male 9 pins
1 bit wide transfer
57Kbps
Backwards compatibility
COM address
|
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Serial
25 Port |
Serial
Modem, Printers and Scanners |
2 rows
25 pins
Obsolete
|
High Speed Connectors |
 USB_A |
USB_B |
USB
Ports |
USB Devices
(Keyboards, Mouse) |
1. Hot
Swappable
2. Speed
USB 1.0 1.5Mbps
USB 1.1 12Mbps
USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps
3. Daisy Chain
127 Devices
4. Meters
Length
USB 1.1
3 Meters
USB 2.0 5 Meters
|
4 Pin |
6 Pin |
Firewire
or IEEE 1394 Ports |
Firewire
Devices
(High Speed Multimedia Devices Video Cam or iPOD devices) |
1. Hot
Swappable
2. Speed
IEEE1394_a
400Mbps
IEEE1394_b 800Mbps
3. Daisy
Chain
63
Devices |
ST connector
|
SC connector
|
Older
Fiber Optic Ports
|
Fiber Optic
Connections |
1.
Immune to EMI
2. Very
Fast
3. Can
Travel great distances |
LC connector |
MTRJ connector
|
Newer
Fiber Optic Ports |
Small Form
Factor use for High Speed Fiber Optic Connections |
1. Immune
to EMI
2. Speed
10Mbps up to 13.21 Gbps
3. Distance
2000 Meters up to 100Km |
 HDMI
 SPDIF
RCA |
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