Dock terminals usually embed support and alignment, and sport a variety of functions and power are aggregated into single port dock machinery equipment of the terminal block. Earlier butt terminal will carry a keyboard, serial, parallel and video ports from your portable computer and supply power to it. Typically, these ports are available in the notebook, due to some simple terminal terms "Port Replicator". More commonly known as Dock complex terminal station, but both will have some sort of docking terminals. With the evolution of interfaces, so there is no Terminal Terminal block functions. Keyboard and changes to the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connection terminals of the serial port.

Now, USB is almost universal and DVI are common. By docking terminal block is also armed with eSATA and FireWire ports. Many mobile devices mobile devices feature Terminal Terminal block. Dock station terminal block in its simplest form today in the form of a simple cable Terminal Terminal block with another USB on the other end terminal block. The cable terminal block only dock station, USB signal, but not sufficient for synchronization and charging equipment. At the other end of the spectrum, terminal blocks for mechanical, electronically controlled fully merged into a wide variety of accessories, dock station. Due to the popularity of mobile devices, many third parties for terminal connection terminal connection fitting. This includes a wide range of external speakers, including clock radios and stereo systems. Auto parts in many mobile devices, including charging cradle, playing audio through the car's speakers, and a complete GPS receiver, FM transmitter.

There are original and aftermarket cables terminals and car audio systems, and control when it is docked directly.