The document discusses the history and features of USB technology. It explains that USB was designed to standardize connections between computers and peripherals. It has become popular due to features like plug-and-play capability, allowing up to 127 devices to connect to a single bus using a standardized interface. The document outlines the increasing speeds of USB standards over time from USB 1.0 to USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB), which provides transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0. It also describes USB 3.0's dual-bus architecture and backward compatibility.