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Moved, 22 June 2011, from Universal Serial Bus to USB, see discussion.
Moved, 14 January 2012, from USB to Universal Serial Bus, see discussion.
Moved, 25 June 2013, from Universal Serial Bus to USB, see discussion.

The content of Device Firmware Upgrade‎ was merged into USB on September 8, 2014. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Removed a broken source from article page.

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I just made an edit removing a broken source link. Hope that was good one? Olivia Harry (talk) 21:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Fabrics" has no place following "USB-C"

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I have not seen "Fabrics" stated following USB-C in any of the cited articles. If I'm missing something, whoever entered or approved that insertion has to support it, because it makes no logical sense. User 194.230.148.168 has undone my deletion of that word in this context, stating "Read the Specs": which specs has not been cited that makes this at all clear?--Toolnut (talk) 20:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

The citation contains "USB4 V2 with Errata and ECN through June 2023 - CLEAN.pdf" in the zip file (currently "USB4 V2 with Errata and ECN through September 2024- CLEAN.pdf" as the file has updated since then) both of which are official and contain "USB4 Fabric". Neither the article nor the source explain this usage of "fabric", and for readers of an encyclopedia (which is expected to be read by non-experts) should include an explanation or use more layman terms outside of the quotation taken from the standard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:2940:1DD0:0:0:0:2B (talk) 04:57, 17 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Micro-A Remark

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

On "Available connectors by USB standard", the 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 Micro-A connector should have a Remark explaining the image is reversed from the others. 2600:1700:2940:1DD0:0:0:0:2B (talk) 04:13, 16 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Micro - B

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

https://www.moddiy.com/pages/USB-2.0-USB-3.0-USB-3.1-USB-3.2-USB-4.0-Connectors-and-Pinouts.html ( near bottom ) seems to have a diagram for this *COMMON* type of connector. Unfortunately, I do not own the work. Also, no scale. ShaReeLi (talk) 15:36, 25 December 2024 (UTC) . . . the existing diagram under 2.0 Revised ( column ) seems to be nearly the same, but stuff around the edges obscures the shape.Reply

AI

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Flagged for AI, info: Text added in this 2025 edit, one of many AI edits by user (note user talk page/filter log/other contribs/AI edit summaries etc Gnomingstuff (talk) 21:12, 26 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Connector compatibility of USB 2 and USB 3

Latest comment: 6 hours ago1 comment1 person in discussion

As far as I can see, nowhere does this article mention that cables meant for USB 1/2 Standard-B and micro-A / micro-B connectors can be used in the corresponding USB 3 connectors. This is apparently the reason for the odd shapes of the USB 3 Standard-B and micro-A / micro-B connectors - their designed so that the larger part accepts the old-style cables from USB 1/2. This would be actually practically useful information for anyone with USB 3 devices who only has USB 2 cables. (The data rate is only USB 2, though, I believe, when using the old-style cables.)

I don't consider myself familiar enough with the standards to make a suitable edit myself, though. ~2026-58353-24 (talk) 22:41, 2 November 2026 (UTC)Reply