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It's in the name: Universal SerialUniversal Serial Bus.

A variety of serial bus interfaces were used to connect low and medium-speed peripherals like modems, keyboards, mice, scanners, protection dongles, and so on. Most manufacturers provided RS-232 or similar, but it was otherwise mostlylargely proprietary or platform-specific.

USB was to replace all of that nonsense. Use any mouse or keyboard with any PC or workstation. It accomplished that. It was also 10 - 100x faster than the busses it replaced, which opened up new possibilities, beyond the original scope. Hence USB 2.0.

It's in the name: Universal Serial Bus.

A variety of serial bus interfaces were used to connect low and medium-speed peripherals like modems, keyboards, mice, scanners, protection dongles, and so on. Most manufacturers provided RS-232 or similar, but it was otherwise mostly proprietary.

USB was to replace all of that nonsense. Use any mouse or keyboard with any PC or workstation. It accomplished that. It was also 10 - 100x faster than the busses it replaced, which opened up new possibilities, beyond the original scope. Hence USB 2.0.

It's in the name: Universal Serial Bus.

A variety of serial bus interfaces were used to connect low and medium-speed peripherals like modems, keyboards, mice, scanners, protection dongles, and so on. Most manufacturers provided RS-232 or similar, but it was otherwise largely proprietary or platform-specific.

USB was to replace all of that nonsense. Use any mouse or keyboard with any PC or workstation. It accomplished that. It was also 10 - 100x faster than the busses it replaced, which opened up new possibilities, beyond the original scope. Hence USB 2.0.

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It's in the name: Universal Serial Bus.

A variety of serial bus interfaces were used to connect low and medium-speed peripherals like modems, keyboards, mice, scanners, protection dongles, and so on. Most manufacturers provided RS-232 or similar, but it was otherwise mostly proprietary.

USB was to replace all of that nonsense. Use any mouse or keyboard with any PC or workstation. It accomplished that. It was also 10 - 100x faster than the busses it replaced, which opened up new possibilities, beyond the original scope. Hence USB 2.0.