USB is an abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus, a standard interface for connecting peripherals to a computer. USB is ubiquitous and can be found in nearly every desktop and laptop computer made in the past decade.

The USB standard was first developed in the mid-1990s as a way to standardize the way peripherals connected to computers. Prior to USB, there were a variety of different connectors and standards used, which could make connecting devices difficult. USB aimed to change all that by creating a standard connector and protocol that all devices could use.

The USB standard has been revised a …