What connectors do keyboards use?
Many newer keyboards use standard USB connectors as their interface to the motherboard, but older systems had dedicated keyboard connectors. What kind of port was normally used to connect a keyboard to the motherboard?
A) Mini-DIN
B) 3.5mm TRS
C) DE-15
D) IEEE 1394
Category: CompTIA A+ Pop Quizzes
Shouldn’t DE-15 be DB-15(D barrel or D shell)?
The industry has become used to using the “DB” name for any of these connections, but the second letter is actually the size of the connector:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature