Computers, please what is a firewire?
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Firewire is a type of cabling technology for transferring data to and from digital devices at high speed. Some professional digital cameras and memory card readers connect to the computer over FireWire. FireWire card readers are typically faster than those that connect via USB. Also known as IEEE 1394, FireWire was invented by Apple Computer but is now commonly used with Windows-based PCs as well.
Its like USB only faster and a different connection.
Its not very popular, meaning not alot of hardware uses it.
a transfer port ... kinda on a par with usb2.0 but its a different shape .. its a good bus type and fast and usually found in video equipment ..
Firewire aka IEEE 1394 is a data transfer protocol. It's very similar in functionality to USB. It is primarily used as a way to connect a computer and things like video cameras and external hard drives.
a pain in the ***
Also known as iLink or IEEE-1394, it is a type of connection used mostly for digital video cameras and hard drives. A 6-pin connector looks much like a standard USB connector, but it's a bit wider and has a bit of a point to it on one side. The 4-pin connector is very small, about 3 MM by 2 MM, and has an indentation to it on one side. Pictures can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/firewire...
USB 2.0 is much better.
I'm tempted to say a hot link... but you want a sensible answer.
It's a high speed serial connection between a computer and external accessories like video cameras or flight simulator electric motion systems (don't laugh. We've got several at my work place).
Invented because USB 1.1 wasn't fast enough for real time video editing.
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