USB Micro-B
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USB Micro-B is a compact, five-pin USB connector type commonly used on older smartphones and portable devices for data transfer and charging.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USB Micro-B canonical | 4 |
| Micro USB | 1 |
| microUSB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72742 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USB Micro-B Context triple: [USB, hasConnectorType, USB Micro-B]
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A.
USB Mini-B
USB Mini-B is a smaller, five-pin USB connector type commonly used on older portable devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, and external hard drives for data transfer and charging.
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B.
USB Type-B
USB Type-B is a square-shaped USB connector type commonly used on printers and other peripheral devices to connect them to a host computer.
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C.
USB
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a widely adopted industry standard for cables, connectors, and communication protocols used to connect, power, and transfer data between computers and electronic devices.
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D.
USB Implementers Forum
The USB Implementers Forum is a non-profit industry consortium that develops, maintains, and promotes USB specifications and compliance programs for hardware and software manufacturers.
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E.
USB4
USB4 is a high-speed, next-generation USB standard that unifies data, video, and power delivery over a single USB-C connector, based on Thunderbolt 3 technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USB Micro-B Target entity description: USB Micro-B is a compact, five-pin USB connector type commonly used on older smartphones and portable devices for data transfer and charging.
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A.
USB Mini-B
USB Mini-B is a smaller, five-pin USB connector type commonly used on older portable devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, and external hard drives for data transfer and charging.
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B.
USB Type-B
USB Type-B is a square-shaped USB connector type commonly used on printers and other peripheral devices to connect them to a host computer.
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C.
USB
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a widely adopted industry standard for cables, connectors, and communication protocols used to connect, power, and transfer data between computers and electronic devices.
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D.
USB Implementers Forum
The USB Implementers Forum is a non-profit industry consortium that develops, maintains, and promotes USB specifications and compliance programs for hardware and software manufacturers.
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E.
USB4
USB4 is a high-speed, next-generation USB standard that unifies data, video, and power delivery over a single USB-C connector, based on Thunderbolt 3 technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
USB connector type
ⓘ
electrical connector ⓘ |
| compatibility | electrically compatible with USB 2.0 signaling ⓘ |
| connectorGender |
plug on cable
ⓘ
receptacle on device ⓘ |
| dataPinCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasContactType | surface-mount contacts in receptacle ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor | micro ⓘ |
| hasPin |
D+
ⓘ
D- ⓘ GND ⓘ ID ⓘ VBUS ⓘ |
| hasPinCount | 5 ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedDimensions | yes ⓘ |
| idPinCount | 1 ⓘ |
| isBackwardCompatibleWith | USB 1.1 signaling ⓘ |
| isDefinedIn |
USB 2.0 specification
ⓘ
linked to:
USB
|
| isHotPluggable | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Universal Serial Bus specification
ⓘ
linked to:
USB
|
| isPredecessorOf | USB Type-C in smartphones ⓘ |
| isReplacedBy | USB Type-C in modern devices ⓘ |
| isSmallerThan |
USB Mini-B
ⓘ
USB Type-A ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
Android smartphones (pre-USB-C era)
ⓘ
Bluetooth speakers ⓘ e-readers ⓘ |
| mechanicalKeying | polarized to prevent incorrect insertion ⓘ |
| orientation | non-reversible ⓘ |
| powerPinCount | 2 ⓘ |
| reversibility | non-reversible connector ⓘ |
| shape | flattened trapezoid ⓘ |
| supportsChargingCurrent | up to 2 A or more depending on implementation ⓘ |
| supportsDataTransfer | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
USB 2.0 full-speed (12 Mbit/s)
ⓘ
USB 2.0 high-speed (480 Mbit/s) ⓘ
linked to:
USB
USB 2.0 low-speed (1.5 Mbit/s) ⓘ |
| supportsPowerDelivery | yes ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | USB 2.0 ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
charging portable devices
ⓘ
data transfer for portable devices ⓘ |
| usedFor | USB On-The-Go device connections ⓘ |
| usedWithCableType |
USB A to Micro-B cable
ⓘ
USB Micro-B to Micro-B cable ⓘ |
| wasCommonOn |
digital cameras
ⓘ
older smartphones ⓘ portable hard drives ⓘ power banks ⓘ |
| wasIntroducedFor | space-constrained mobile devices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: USB Micro-B Description of subject: USB Micro-B is a compact, five-pin USB connector type commonly used on older smartphones and portable devices for data transfer and charging.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USB Micro-B
linked to: USB Micro-B