"Universal Serial Bus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: USB [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=Universal Serial Bus}} Universal Serial Bus (uncountable)
  1. (computing) An international standard for interconnecting personal computer devices using simple plugs and sockets and lightweight cables. Wikipedia link: Universal Serial Bus Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing standard for interconnecting PC devices): 通用串列匯流排 (Chinese Cantonese), 通用串列汇流排 (tung¹ jung⁶ cyun³ lit⁶ wui⁶ lau⁴ paai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 通用序列匯流排 (Chinese Cantonese), 通用序列汇流排 (tung¹ jung⁶ zeoi⁶ lit⁶ wui⁶ lau⁴ paai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 通用串行總線 (Chinese Cantonese), 通用串行总线 (tung¹ jung⁶ cyun³ hong⁴ zung² sin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 通用串行總線 (Chinese Mandarin), 通用串行总线 (tōngyòng chuànháng zǒngxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 通用序列匯流排 (Chinese Mandarin), 通用序列汇流排 (tōngyòng xùliè huìliúpái) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), USB [feminine] (Dutch), USB (Finnish), USB [masculine] (French), უნივერსალური სერიული სალტე (universaluri seriuli salṭe) (Georgian), USB-სალტე (USB-salṭe) (Georgian), USB (Georgian), USB [masculine] (German), ενιαίος σειριακός δίαυλος (eniaíos seiriakós díavlos) [masculine] (Greek), univerzális soros busz (Hungarian), USB (yū-esu-bī) (Japanese), Universal Serial Bus [masculine] (Portuguese), универса́льная после́довательная ши́на (universálʹnaja poslédovatelʹnaja šína) [feminine] (Russian), Conductor Universal en Serie (Spanish), ยูเอสบี (yoo-èt-bee) (Thai)

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