How hot-swappable is too hot-swappable?



Which of these interfaces would commonly be used with hot-swappable external storage devices?

A) FireWire

B) SATA

C) SCSI

D) PATA

E) I got a fever for more disk space


The answer: A) FireWire

IEEE 1394 is also known as FireWire, i.LINK, Lynx, and many other names. The FireWire specification allows up to 63 devices that can communicate to each other, and is commonly used with external devices.

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