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USB stands for universal serial bus for short. USB is a universal port that can be used to exchange data between a storage device and a peripheral. Example, you can transfer data from your phone to your system by simply connecting the two with USB.

A USB port is a Universal Serial Bus port. This is a universal port that nearly any kind of peripheral can be manufactured to use thereby limiting the number of port TYPES needed on a PC.

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