What the Universal Serial Bus (USB) is all about

Universal Serial Bus was developed keeping in mind the usage of various peripherals through the same port. USB allows high-speed, easy connection of peripherals like printer, scanner, thumb drive etc. to a PC. Once you plug in USB, everything configures automatically however some times there are problems for which you might contact your tech support company. USB has gained popularity in recent times due to simple interface and multi peripheral support. There are many companies who provide online computer help and computer support on issues pertaining to USB and USB peripherals.

USB drives have an edge over all other storage devices which are considered portable particularly the floppy disk, some of the common traits of a USB drives are they have a more packed in shape, operate faster, hold much more data, have a more durable design, and operate more reliably due to their lack of moving parts. The influence and addiction to a USB devices can be imagined from a fact that now a day’s pc and laptops are being sold without a floppy disk drive, as there place is being taken by the USB ports. These devices use the USB mass storage standard and are also widely being accepted by modern operating systems such as Mac, Windows, Linux and others.

USB originally was known to be USB1.0 and was released in 1995 with 12 Mbps. Today, USB operates at 480 Mbps and is an integrated part of a PC. Unlike a Floppy drive issue or other storage device USB requires minimal computer help to configure. The computer support companies find it the best interconnect device till date.

USB 2.0 the latest version is about 40 times faster than USB 1.0. Several peripherals like handhelds, cell phones and digital cameras etc can connect to the PC through USB peripheral. There are many USB articles available on computer help website or online computer support forum for reference.

As per the Computer Support companies Wireless USB is as the new wireless extension to USB that combines the speed and security of wired technology with the ease-of-use of wireless technology. Next in the line is USB (USB 3.0) which will deliver over targeted 10x the speed of today's Hi-Speed USB connections. Online computer support and computer support companies are waiting for the launch of USB 3.0, as that will reduce complexities of USB problem.
Some computer support companies gives insight on USB 3.0 which will create a backward-compatible standard with the same ease-of-use and plug and play capabilities of previous USB technologies. More information can be found on online computer Support forums or articles.