Tuesday, December 17, 2013

What are The Port and Connectors in Computer

A Port is a point which is placed on Computer System Unit so that they can  communicate(send data or receive data)with the computer.An External device like keyboard,printer,mouse, audio,microphone are attaches to Port computer system unit by a cable.The Desktop Computer contain many ports on its front side and backside of System Unit.
A Connector is used to join  a cable to a port.A connector at one end of cable attaches to the port of computer system unit and other part of cable attaches to the peripheral device.


Ports and Connectors are Available in One or Two Genders:Male or Female
Mostly Ports are Female and Mostly Connectors are Male.

Examples of Different Types of Ports And Connectors:
      • Audio
      • Serial Port
      • Parallel Port 
      • Keyboard
      • Headphones
      • Microphone
      • Monitor
      • Mouse
      • Network
      • USB
      • Speaker
      • Video 

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