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Non-standard

Since Powered USB is not ratified by any generally recognized standards setting body but is instead owned by IBM it is actually a non-standard proprietary implementation rather than a standard and so should not be called a "standard".

Can we call it a de facto standard ? --76.209.28.222 (talk) 12:47, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is patented and belongs to someone, which would make it a proprietary standard except we have no such article because some consider it a contradiction in terms. Proprietary format would seem to apply unless someone wants to restrict that term to software. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It may be patented, and charged a license fee, but it is used by multiple manufacturers and is the dominant standard in a particular specialised application. I'd say it's a de facto standard.80.101.113.45 (talk) 15:08, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Logo/Icon idea

Some icons are showing up with with the small USB symbol with a plus sign. Specifically one of the desktop machines we have purchased from DELL around 3 months ago. Could that be mentioned/included here? --134.84.164.49 (talk) 18:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Subj on Dell Latitude (D830) laptop?

subj? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.133.189.23 (talk) 04:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sleep-and-charge

There are at least 4 modes associated with this. --Kvng (talk) 15:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 : Can we call it a [[de facto standard]] ? --[[Special:Contributions/76.209.28.222|76.209.28.222]] ([[User talk:76.209.28.222|talk]]) 12:47, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 ::It is patented and belongs to someone, which would make it a [[proprietary standard]] except we have no such article because some consider it a [[contradiction in terms]].  [[Proprietary format]] would seem to apply unless someone wants to restrict that term to software.  [[User:Jim.henderson|Jim.henderson]] ([[User talk:Jim.henderson|talk]]) 16:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
+:::It may be patented, and charged a license fee, but it is used by multiple manufacturers and is the dominant standard in a particular specialised application. I'd say it's a de facto standard.[[Special:Contributions/80.101.113.45|80.101.113.45]] ([[User talk:80.101.113.45|talk]]) 15:08, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 == Logo/Icon idea ==