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Transcription: Ports are usually located on the back of your PC. A port is a connection to the outside world and allows you to connect different peripheral devices to your PC, including printers and mice. In older PCs, ports are located on expansion cards. Newer PCs have ports that are built into an integrated motherboard. Ports can have one or two types of connectors, male and female. The male connectors have exposed pins female connectors accept the pins with matching receptacles. Ports come in parallel, serial, PS2, SCSI, game, and video. The parallel port transfers 8 bits or one character at a time throu ...