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You want to plug a keyboard into the back of a computer. you know that you need to plug the keyboard cable into a ps/2 port. which style of port is the ps/2?

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Often referred to as the mouse port or keyboard port, the PS/2 port was developed by IBM and is used to connect a computer mouse or keyboard to an IBM compatible computer. Its name originates from the IBM Personal System/2 arrangement of PCs, with which it was propelled in 1987.

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