USB mass storage device class

The USB mass storage device class is a set of computing communications protocols defined by the USB Implementers Forum that run on the Universal Serial Bus. The standard provides an interface to a variety of storage devices.

Related Topics:
Communications protocols - USB Implementers Forum - Universal Serial Bus

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Some of the devices which are connected to computers via this standard are:

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• external magnetic hard drives
• external optical drives, including CD and DVD reader and writer drives
• portable flash memory devices, particularly keydrives
• adapters bridging between standard flash memory cards and a USB connection
• digital cameras
• digital audio players (MP3 players)
• high-end media players (such as the iPod and Creative Nomad MuVO series)
 
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