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Universal Serial Bus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An international standard for interconnecting personal computer devices using simple plugs and sockets and lightweight cables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 通用串列匯流排 /通用串列汇流排 (tung1 jung6 cyun3 lit6 wui6 lau4 paai4) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Chinese Cantonese: 通用序列匯流排 /通用序列汇流排 (tung1 jung6 zeoi6 lit6 wui6 lau4 paai4) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Chinese Cantonese: 通用串行總線 /通用串行总线 (tung1 jung6 cyun3 hong4 zung2 sin3) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通用串行總線 /通用串行总线 (tōngyòng chuànháng zǒngxiàn) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通用序列匯流排 /通用序列汇流排 (tōngyòng xùliè huìliúpái) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Dutch: USB — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Finnish: USB — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • French: USB — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Georgian: უნივერსალური სერიული სალტე (universaluri seriuli salṭe) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Georgian: USB-სალტე (USB-salṭe) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Georgian: USB — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • German: USB — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Greek: ενιαίος σειριακός δίαυλος (eniaíos seiriakós díavlos) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Hungarian: univerzális soros busz — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Japanese: USB (yū-esu-bī) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Portuguese: Universal Serial Bus — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Russian: универса́льная после́довательная ши́на (universálʹnaja poslédovatelʹnaja šína) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Spanish: Conductor Universal en Serie — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices
  • Thai: ยูเอสบี (yoo-èt-bee) — computing standard for interconnecting PC devices