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What are fivewire ports?
I don't know about fivewire ports but if you mean FireWire: FireWire ports are used by many video cameras and are commonly seen on Macintosh computers, however they are also seen on PCs.
FireWire ports are the most popular port used for connecting peripherals to a computer?
No. USB is most popular.
What is fire wire?
"Firewire" is the term used for a certain type of serial port on computers. Similar uses are USB. The Name is 1394 for "FireWire". The term firewire was meant to express that it was a faster connection than standard serial or parallel ports.
What Three types of ports that are often found coming directly off the motherboard to be used by external devices.?
network, FireWire, and serial.
Which PC card type is typically used for network adapters and modems and for adding firewire and scsi ports?
Type ii
Are firewire ports the most popular ports used to connect peripherals to a computer?
It depends what you mean by popular and who you are asking. The most commonly used connector is the USB port. If someone recorded a lot of video on a camera with a FireWire connection then the FireWire port would be quite popular with them.
What ports are the most common ports for connecting input and output devices to the computer?
USB is used for almost everything. A few years ago there was also Firewire but you don't often get that anymore
What is a firewireport?
A firewire port is basically an early version of the USB or Universal Serial Bus. Firewire ports are considered by many to be obsolete. The firewire port is a square with a hole in the middle unlike the replacement USBs that are rectangular. Both are used for data transfer between hardware devices.
Which two ports are used to connect external media readers to a computer?
Most commonly, USB and Firewire. Though there are lots of different ways to do it, these are by far the most common.
Which two laptop ports are used primarily for network connectivity and communication?
Ethernet and modem.
Do you use firewire or USB to plug a video camera into a computer?
It depends on the camera. Digital cameras will have either a Firewire or a USB connector and some have both. If the camera has both, it is likely that either can be used to transfer video to a computer although some older cameras used Firewire for video transfer and USB for still image transfer. It is always worth checking the camera's manual to find out the functions of the data ports.
What are the two ways to connect a cable modem to a PC?
A firewire or corssover cable can be used to connect any two computers that have these ports. However, a telephone modem can only be used to connect a computer to the internet.
