Applications that benefit from Firewire (IEEE 1394) include nonlinear (digital) video presentation and editing, desktop and commercial publishing, document imaging, home multimedia and personall computing. The low overhead and high data rates of Firewire, the ability to mix real-time and asynchronous data on a single connection, and the ability to mix low spped and high speed devices on the same network provides a truly universal connection for almost any consumer, computer, or peripheral application.