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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.
Order the following ports according to speed Firewire eSATA USB?
eSATA is faster than FireWire and firewire is faster than USB.
What Three types of ports that are often found coming directly off the motherboard to be used by external devices.?
network, FireWire, and serial.
Does a new computer have both serial and parellel ports?
Generally, no; modern computers have several USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports rather than the RS-232 serial ports, Centronics parallel (printer) ports, joystick/game ports or PS2 ports of older machines. In addition, newer machines may have FireWire ports or eSATA ports. The newest computers will usually have USB3 ports rather than the older USB2; USB3 is several times faster than USB2.
Is parallel ports always faster than serial ports?
yes
Which is faster serial interface or parallel interface?
It depends on the serial bit rate versus the parallel strobe cycle time but, in general, a parallel interface is faster than a serial interface. However, modern USB, Firewire, and SATA interfaces are very fast, and might be considered faster.
Which types of ports are modern multifunction ports?
USB and FireWire
What is firewire known by on a PC computer?
It is also knows as Firewire but it's not very common on a PC. It's not part of of the default plugs found at the back of a PC, though you can add a card with Firewire ports on it. In general though, USB is by far more common. In terms of performance, Firewire is faster than USB and USB2 ports, but slower than USB3 ports. Almost all PC peripherals use USB connections.
Do laptops have serial video or firewaire ports?
Most newer laptops have firewire ports and VGA out, (15 pin as opposed to 9 pin serial connections) and some include RCA (composite output) or S-video out connections.
Firewire ports are used for internet connectivity?
no
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.
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.
