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Some basic info about USB (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I just love that in a world with Power Delivery (PD) they decided that the best way to indicate Display Port (DP) was to have an ambiguous symbol involving a P and a D.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

You'll want to run USB PD, not to be confused with the USB "P" and "D" label which refers to DisplayPort, not to be confused with some other ways of transporting DisplayPort over USB. And you'll want charging support, so look for the USB lightning bolt that means "USB charging", not to be confused with the different USB lightning bolt that means "Thunderbolt", which isn't the same thing as the Lightning connector that is about the same size as the USB-C connector and was used in a similar role on various devices.

Piece of cake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

DisplayPort not to be confused with display port, when someone asks you for a "display port cable" and you start going to pick one of VGA/HDMI/DVI cables instead.

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