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 .

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USB British  

abbreviation

1. 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

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Example Sentences

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USB

During the staffer’s final weeks on the job, the person put potentially sensitive files on an unencrypted USB drive and sent others to personal email addresses, days before traveling to a restricted country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Kang noted the influence of South Korean dramas smuggled in on USB drives, finding them "so refreshing and more credible than North Korea state propaganda".

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The documentary was also never publicly released, but shown only to senior party officials in June 2012, says Dr Cheong - though it was later leaked and spread among ordinary citizens via smuggled USB drives.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The recordings came to light last July when a California state officer discovered a USB camera inside the men’s employee locker room and notified the California Highway Patrol, which launched a probe, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

These reporters, who use cell phones and smuggle out sound and video recordings on tiny USB memory sticks, have revolutionized news coverage of North Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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