▲ 585 ▼ I want that sticker (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 6 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://chaos.social/@derPUPE/115821447087590444
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 months ago (1 child) A screen I bought recently has this for the integrated USB hub, I think? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 months ago Every monitor with a USB hub and every printer I’ve owned for the last 20 years has had one. It’s used to differentiate USB directionality, for example which side is upstream or the “host device” and which side is meant to plug into the computer. They’re moot now with USB C which is bidirectional; USB-A male to USB-A male is dangerous and not compliant with the USB specification, so they’d use USB-B on one side. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 months ago Every monitor with a USB hub and every printer I’ve owned for the last 20 years has had one. It’s used to differentiate USB directionality, for example which side is upstream or the “host device” and which side is meant to plug into the computer. They’re moot now with USB C which is bidirectional; USB-A male to USB-A male is dangerous and not compliant with the USB specification, so they’d use USB-B on one side. permalink fedilink source parent
