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USB Device Overview

This chapter provides a summary of USB device architecture and describes how USB devices are represented in Mac OS X. It also presents a few specific guidelines for working with USB devices in an application.For details on the USB specification, see http://www.usb.org.

Contents:

USB Device Types and Bus Speeds
USB Device Architecture and Terminology
USB Devices on Mac OS X
Tasks and Caveats
USB Device Access in an Intel-Based Macintosh

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