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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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• USB 3.0 is capable of speeds of up to 5 Gbps—ten times faster than

USB 2.0. USB 3.0 is marketed as SuperSpeed USB. It’s also referred to

as USB 3.1 Gen 1, though not on the CompTIA A+ exams.

• USB 3.1 can handle speeds up to 10 Gbps. It’s marketed as

SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps or USB 3.1 Gen 2.

NOTE Each standard defines more than just the speed. Because they were

incorporated into the newer standard, many Low-Speed and Full-Speed USB

devices are also USB 2.0 devices.

If you think all of those names and numbers are confusing, you’re right.

Table 10-1 provides a quick reference to help you sort it all out.

Table 10-1 USB Standards

USB 2.0 is fully backward compatible with USB 1.1 devices, while USB

3.0/3.1 is backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices. Older devices won’t

run any faster than they used to, however. To take advantage of the fastest

USB speeds, you must connect a USB device to a USB port at least as fast as

the device. Backward compatibility may enable you to use a faster USB

device with a slower port, but a quick bit of math tells you how much time

you’re sacrificing when you’re transferring a 2-GB file at 480 Mbps instead

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