Port Assignment #1

Listed below are many of the common ports found on Computers.

Identify: Typical uses, speed, physical description & type of connectors (what does it look like, describe in words & picture), max number of devices, etc.

(See Example below)

1. VGA
2. DVI
3. HDMI
4. ViVO
5. USB USB2.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.1
6. Firewire 400 & 800
7. Parallel
8. Serial
9. S/PDIF
10. Audio
11. PCMCIA
12. SCSI
13. PS2
14. SATA
15. RJ45
16. RJ11
17. Thunderbolt

Example Answer

	Port	Typical Use	Speed	Description/Picture	Max. Number of devices	Other
1.	VGA	Video Graphics Adapter. Analog video monitor output. A standard monitor connects to it	Not applicable	D-Subminiture connector 15 pins, 3 rows	Generally only one per connector but there are Y-cables. Many video cards can not power two devices. More than one VGA connector may be on a computer.	Sends an RGB video signal and a Horizontal & Vertical Sync The VGA standard is being replaced by DVI & HDMI