Ports

Ports
These are sockets on the outside of the computer that are used to attach peripherals (hardware devices), such as USBs, monitors, the mouse, printers, speakers, etc. They attach the peripherals either **directly** into the system board or through **external buses** (remember buses are the wires that information in the computer travel through on the motherboard). Ports are a necessity because if they weren't there, we would be unable to attach peripherals to the computer which is essentially like a brain with no body. Most computers will have the following ports: USB ports can also be used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, cameras, disk drives and portable storage devices - anything with the USB attachnment on the end really

By Nikki Blower Last Updated: 13/10/2011