USB

abbreviation

Computers.

1. universal serial bus: an external serial bus interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to a computer, as in a or .

USB

abbreviation

1. Universal Serial Bus: a standard for connection sockets on computers and other electronic equipment

Word History and Origins

Origin of USB¹

First recorded in 1995

Example Sentences

When prison guards discovered that Abdeslam had been using a USB key containing jihadist propaganda, they traced its origin to face-to-face meetings that the prisoner had with Maëva B.

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Prosecutors said he left the agents a USB on a bike near St Pancras and Euston stations in London.

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Bancorp USB -1.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle notched a rise in earnings for the latest quarter thanks to record revenue and loan growth.

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Within minutes, AI me was escaping from a pit of USB cords, and accepting an Oscar for going to bed early.

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These leads and the subsequent arrests also resulted in the seizure of USB drives, Sim cards and forged documents, as well as the taking-down of 81 cyber-crime groups across Africa, Interpol said.

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