This ALOGIC USB 3.0 Type A to Type B cable - Male to Male is mostly used to connect a USB 3.0 Type B enabled peripheral such a hard drive, Printer, Scanner, Docking Station etc to a host comuter through a USB 3.0 port. The cable supports super fast USB 3.0 speed for data transfer at 4.8Gbps. The cable is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0.