What's important to know is that USB ports have sped up over time, and when you see a blue port, it's typically a high-speed port, such as USB 3.0 or USB 3.1 Gen 1, which is much faster than older ...

The blue USB port indicates USB 3.0 (now known as USB 3.2 gen 1) and supports data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps — half the speed of the teal port. That said, ...

If you've got a manual on USB ports or have watched any kind of video, you may have heard them referred to as Male or Female ports. Here's what that means.

The USB Implementers Forum did start USB 3.0 as “USB 3.0” back in 2008, but that were back then. Since it were renamed to USB 3.1 Gen 1 back in 2013. But USB IF is really good at names, so ...