USB VS FIREWIRE

USB VS FIREWIRE

1. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS ( USB )

   • used for peripheral connections
   • industry standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power supply between personal computers and their peripheral devices.
   • USB release in 1996
   • Commonly used high-speed I/O
   • was designed to standardize the connection of peripherals such as : keyboards, pointing devices, digital still and video cameras, printers, portable media players, disk drives and network adapters to personal computers, both to communicate and to supply electric power

2. FIREWIRE

   • Was developed to use on smaller systems, such as personal computers, workstations, and servers
   • to meet the increasing demands for high I/O rates
   • with up to 63 devices connected off a single port
   • possible to connect and disconnect peripherals without having to power the computer system down or reconfigure the system
   • automatic configuration
   • FireWire is Apple Computer's version of a standard
   • IEEE standard 1394, for a High Performance Serial Bus

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