#USB

Decoding the USB Trident Symbol: Why One Port Has Changed Identities Ten Times

From USB 2.0 in 2000 to USB4 2.0 in recent years, the same trapezoidal port has cycled through multiple naming systems. Colors, symbols, and speed labels each mean something different — figure these out first, or you might end up plugging your mouse cable into the fastest data port on your machine.