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I have a monitor attached to my laptop via HDMI and want to attach a second monitor.

In attached screenshot what type of port is below, the one to left of USB ports ?

Can it be used to connect a monitor ?

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  • I have added a bit of information which you may perhaps find useful.
    – MariusMatutiae
    Dec 6, 2013 at 19:22

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No, its an ethernet port - presumably off an ultrabook (Maybe a Zenbook?). Its however got a little extendable bit so its slimmer. You can't plug a monitor into it.

You seem to have it confused with a displayport

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or maybe even a mini display port

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(both from displayport/wikipedia)

or maybe even HDMI - which amusingly is sometimes used for switch to switch networking

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(also via wikipedia)

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  • Of course, there's still the well-known VGA display. You could also find USB VGA cards easily, but that's out of the OP's question scope.
    – mveroone
    Dec 6, 2013 at 15:56
  • technically you could use a screen sharing software and a virtual desktop but that requires a second computer...
    – ratchet freak
    Dec 6, 2013 at 19:39
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You can however attach another HDMI monitor to your pc, if this is the reason behind your question. In order to do this, you may use a USB to HDMI Converter (also known as Adapter), a component which is available just about everywhere on the Internet. An example of such a converter is this:

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There are even USB 3.0 models, which will give you better performance.

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