Traditional USB-A-style ports come in one of three main varieties: uncolored, dark blue, and teal. This color-coding system serves the purpose of designating bandwidth speeds. Unfortunately, color ...

Whether it's the laptop you use for work or your future-proof gaming PC, looking at a row of USB ports — some black, some blue, and even other colors — can be overwhelming. While the colors ...

A normal USB 3.0 connector is blue inside, and has both sets of pins for backward compatibility (five in the rear, four in the front) like the one shown here. A USB 3.0 connection requires five ...

However, lesser known is the fact that USB-A ports adhere to a specific color-coding system. Some ports remain black or uncolored, some are dark blue, and others are teal. These three colors ...