Firewire

External connector, similar to a USB port, that provides a high-speed connection between a computer and peripheral devices. Firewire was developed by Apple, Inc. and is based off the standard IEEE 1394 high performance serial bus. Firewire ports are able to transfer data at a rate of up to 50 megabytes per second. This type of external connector comes standard on computers manufactured by Apple, Inc. and is also used by iPods to quickly move music files to and from iTunes.