The USB cable plugs explained

I needed to buy myself an USB extension cable, and I decided to go mail-order. However, to my (bad) luck the shop I planned to use carried tons of different USB extension cables, and I confess I got confused.

All those A and B connectors and what have you were too much, and nowhere was there a "USB Cables Explained" topic to be found.

Simple images of the cables would have helped a lot, but they were missing as well. So, I needed to go to the USB.olg web site, and there those cables and plugs were explained.

And to help you, my reader, and also document the cables types to myself for later reference, here's a simple table:

The USB "A" (top) and "Mini-B" plugs (bottom)

The USB "B" plug

As you can see, the images are just cheesy (as David "I" of Borland fame would put it), but luckily this piece of reference will help both you and I in the future.

PS. This is my first blog post with pictures. I promise better images next time. :-)