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USB

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

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

USB British  

abbreviation

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of USB

First recorded in 1995

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