Though rare you may find a cable for an external hard drive that uses a usb b connector.
External hdd data cable.
External hard drives can also be used with sata connections given of course that the hard drive itself has a sata connection too.
External hard drive cables usually use usb a to connect to computers.
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This is called external sata or esata the way it works is that the external drive attaches to the esata connection at the back of the computer next to the other openings for things like the monitor network cable and usb ports.
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Usb a usb b and usb c.