What industry standard, introduced in 1996 to replace various serial and parallel ports, is used for connecting peripherals like keyboards and mice?
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USB
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. It was developed in the mid-1990s to standardize the connection of computer peripherals and has since gone through many iterations like USB-C.
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- What industry standard was launched in 1996 to provide a uniform way to connect mice and keyboards to computers?