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What are peripheral cables?
Used to attach peripheral devices to a computing device, aka keyboards, monitors.
USB 1.1
Low speed, 1.5 Mb/s up to 3m
Full speed, 12 Mb/s up to 5m
USB 2.0
Half-duplex so data is only transmitted one way at a time, max speed 480Mb up to 5m, called Hi-Speed USB
USB 3.0
Full-duplex so data can be sent and received simultaneously. Max speed 5 Gb/s up to 3m, called SuperSpeed
USB 3.1 and 3.2
Max speeds of 10 Gb/s and 20 Gb/s

Which connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Type-A Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Type-B Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Mini-B Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Micro-B Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 3.0 Standard-B PlugW

Which connector is this?
USB 3.0 Type-A Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 3.0 Micro-B Plug

Which connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Mini-A Plug

What connector is this?
USB 1.1/2.0 Micro-A Plug
Serial Cable
Single full-duplex cable for serial communication, commonly used for sending RS-232 used for modems, printers, mice, networking, and configuration ports. Connector size referred to as D-sub, DB9 or DB25 are common number of pins,.

What is serial cables for configuration ports?
Can use serial cable to directly connect to device when no display and access a text-based serial interface console.
Thunderbolt
A high speed serial connector providing data and power on the same cable, a combination of PCIe and Mini DisplayPort technology.
Connector termination of the four Thunderbolt standards
Thunderbolt 1 and 2 terminate in Mini DisplayPort
Thunderbolt 3 and 4 terminate in USB-C
Thunderbolt 1
Two channels, 10 Gb/s per channel, 20 Gb/s total throughput, Mini DisplayPort connector
Thunderbolt 2
20 Gb/s aggregated channels, Mini DisplayPort connector
Thunderbolt 3
40 Gb/s aggregated throughput, USB-C connector, max length 3 m for copper and 60 m for optical, Daisy chain up to 6 devices
Thunderbolt 4
40 Gb/s aggregated throughput, added support for dual 4K displays, increased PCIe bandwidth