USB

American

abbreviation

Computers.

universal serial bus: an external serial bus interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to a computer, as in a or .

USB British

abbreviation

Universal Serial Bus: a standard for connection sockets on computers and other electronic equipment

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Etymology

Origin of USB

First recorded in 1995

Example Sentences

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Hardline union USB said wages in Italy "have been stagnant for 30 years".

From Barron's

When prison guards discovered that Abdeslam had been using a USB key containing jihadist propaganda, they traced its origin to face-to-face meetings that the prisoner had with Maëva B.

From BBC

Prosecutors said he left the agents a USB on a bike near St Pancras and Euston stations in London.

From BBC

Bancorp USB -1.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle notched a rise in earnings for the latest quarter thanks to record revenue and loan growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within minutes, AI me was escaping from a pit of USB cords, and accepting an Oscar for going to bed early.

From The Wall Street Journal

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