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The port is located may be located on the back or front of your computer. For instance a USB port is usually on the front. A port is then connected to a certain device. For instance your keyboad is connected to a keyboard port so that your computer keyboard can work. All ports are connected to the motherboard, which allows whaever device port you connected to to run...
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Is a USB port a hardware or software?
The USB port is hardware.
Can port allow you to plug hardware into your CPU?
A port allows you to plug hardware into your CPU.
What ports available on expander hardware?
There are only two ports available which are made by expander hardware. These ports include the following products: a port expander and a port replicator.
Does a port allow you to plug hardware into your computer?
Depends on the hardware you are plugging in so ....pretty much yes.
How many bits define a hardware address?
There are 16 bits in a port address, which gives a port range of 0 - 65535
Which hardware is a serial port?
It depends on witch port you are refering to the seral ATA port on the motherboard is for Harddrives and the serial port on the back of your PC is usally for older printers, joysticks, and other expanstions
Where can one find a DVI port?
It is difficult to determine where a DVI port (or, a digital visual interface port) is located. This is due to the fact that it depends on what type of hardware one is using - the location of said port varies according to this.
When a serial port is used by an external modem the serial port is called the?
In the past external modems connected to the COM (or serial) port. However, most modern external hardware is USB these days, modems are no exception.
What is the speed of a 2.0 USB port?
The speed of a USB 2.0 port varies, depending on the hardware being used. However, the top speed the 2.0 port can reach is 480 Mbit/s.
Which hardware component controls serial port communications?
UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter)
What does a switch store in its switching table?
The destination mac addressof a frame and the port it was received on.
Is a port also known as a peripheral device?
NO. A computer port is a hardware or virtual device (software) that allows data to pass from one area to another of the PC's hardware and/or software environment. The Periphial device is usually a hardware device the needs to interface with the appropriate port in order to send, receive or interact with the PC and other devices attached to the PC. An example would be somthime like a USB (universal serial bus) external hardive attached to a USB port in order to read and write data.
