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USB port

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noun

  1. computing a type of serial port for connecting peripheral devices in a system

"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

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For the same reasons, she recommends using your charging brick on airplanes, instead of plugging directly into your seat’s USB port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

This glow-in-the-dark beauty works both wired via an antiquated micro USB port and wireless, with up to a 30-foot range.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Sheeran has made himself the USB port of pop songwriting, connecting with virtually everything.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

But if you can’t, because you are a normal human and your phone is dying, just know that it will probably be OK if you use a public USB port.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2023

She plugged it into a USB port, copied the program, and activated it.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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