Summary

As with most USB colors, it indicates the port’s capabilities. At least it should. In most cases (not all), a black USB port denotes a USB 2.0 connection, also known as Hi-Speed USB, which supports data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps. However, as our previous articles on orange and purple USB ports noted, this is not an industry standard.

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