
5. Areas of use
5.1 Historical applications
USB was originally designed to replace serial, parallel, mouse and keyboard connections - simply, inexpensively and with a limited number of connectors. It was therefore intended to connect simple, low-speed devices such as modems.
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By also aiming for SCSI (Small Computer System Interface ) connections, USB set the bar very high. In fact, SCSI and USB devices continued to coexist for some time. Eventually, the SCSI standard was superseded by USB...
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