A USB port provides that channel, connecting the two devices via a cable. USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, is what you will find on a majority of devices around you.

Just about every computer peripheral uses it to hook up to the host machine – even if it's wireless, it will almost certainly use a USB dongle.

Upgrade an unsupported computer to Windows 11 using Rufus To upgrade an unsupported computer to Windows 11 using Rufus, you need a USB flash drive with a Windows 11 ISO file.