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Because nothing channels the sheer, destructive power of the ocean god quite like transferring a 2MB PDF document. The USB Implementers Forum designed the iconic logo to mimic Neptune's trident, replacing the pointed tips with a square, circle, and triangle to symbolize the different peripherals you could plug in. It is a wonderfully grandiose origin story for a cable that you will inevitably insert the wrong way at least three times.
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