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Re: usb Confusion



On 2/11/20 8:31 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> 	After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it.  It has a small
> rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long.  A Mac
> lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but
> fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the size of whatever fits.
> Crucial says it is usb-A .
> 
> 	What is the correct nomenclature for the most common usb
> connector that has been around for 25 or 30 years and fits the
> vast majority of devices using usb?

Here is a nice table, in which you perhaps can identify the connector on
your drive:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Receptacle_(socket)_identification

There is no such thing as usb-A. They probably mean USB Type-A. Also
note the table says Connectors where it should say Standards...

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Sarunas Burdulis
Systems Administrator, Dartmouth Mathematics
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