I found it at the dollar store.

  • Kalash
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    To connect two USB-A ports.

    Basically the same as a USB-A to USB-A cable, just really short.

    • @BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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      USB-A to USB-A cables do not exist, the USB standard does not allow them, if you have a cable with two USB-A connectors then it’s not actually a certified USB cable. The same goes for USB extension cables and this adapter. Note how there isn’t a ‘USB certified’ logo on the package.

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        The cables exist; they just don’t follow the standard. I’ve used them when developing consumer electronics: the host controller on the device switches to device mode in the bootloader, allowing a host machine to connect and debug/flash the device.

      • Kalash
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        USB-A to USB-A cables do not exist

        wtf are you talking about, of course they do.

      • @DrQuint@lemm.ee
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        USB-A to USB-A doesn’t exist

        *looks at old charger from an American device*

        HOLY SHIT A CRYPTID CALL SCP

      • @guidedlight@lemmy.world
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        USB-A to USB-A cables do exist.

        I have seen many (very cheap) peripherals use USB-A sockets. I figure those sockets must be a few cents cheaper than alternatives.

          • @ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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            China stuff loves to slap logos on there that do not apply, so probably without having seen this particular abomination myself. Fake CE markings are super common though.

      • big_bangus
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        They do exist, despite the USB standards not allowing them

        See: cheapo video capture card for work, other side is just HDMI-IN and OUT

        They shouldn’t exist but don’t mean they don’t when you get the cheapest little devices you can find

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          They do exist, despite the USB standards not allowing them

          A USB cable is a cable that conforms to the USB specification. If a cable does not conform to the USB specification then it isn’t an USB cable by definition

          I’m not saying a cable with 2 USB-A style connectors doesn’t exist, I’m just saying that it is not a USB cable. Just like a glass of Pepsi is not a glass of Coca-Cola even though it may look like one.

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        It’s not hard to imagine a product that would require one, though. It’s how every phone charging cable works, just with a different size male USB on one end.

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          It’s how every phone charging cable works, just with a different size male USB on one end.

          No, it’s exactly not how every phone charging cable works, at least not for non USB-C cables.

          Pre-USB-C cables are explicitly unidirectional. In USB there are ‘hosts’ (usually computers) and ‘devices’ (flashdrives, camera’s, mice, keyboards, etc.). The host side always has a female USB-A connector, a device either has a female USB-B connector (if it’s intended to be used with a cable), or a male USB-A (if it’s intended to be plugged in directly into a host, like a flash drive). A real, standard-conformant USB cable can only go from USB-A male to USB-B male (with the addition of USB-C, it can also go from A-to-C, from C-to-B, or C-to-C). Never A-to-A or B-to-B, extension cables (male to female) of any type, A, B or C, are not allowed either.

          USB was specifically designed like this so you can never connect a device to a device or a host to a host.

          On the host side, you pretty much only see full size USB-A ports. On the device side there are 3 common types of USB-B ports: standard size (you can for example see these on printers and scanners), mini-USB-B used a lot on older phones, and later micro-USB-B. On each side the male part is on the cable, the female part is on the host or device.