Title: Learning Objectives
Course: Personal Computer Hardware > Section: Competencies

1.7 Compare and contrast various connection interfaces and explain their purpose.

Physical connections

USB 1.1 VS. 2.0 VS, 3.0 speed and distance characteristics

Connector types A, B, mini, micro

Firewire 400 vs. Firewire 800 speed and distance characteristics

SATA1 vs SATA2 vs SATA3, eSATA, IDE speeds

Other connector types

Serial

Parallel

VGA

HDMI

DVI

Audi

RJ-11

RJ-45

Analog vs digital transmission

VGI vs HDMI

Speeds, distances and frequencies of wireless device connections

Bluetooth

IR

RF