Janet Louise Axelson (born 1949) is an American author and conservationist. She writes and publishes technical literature and documentation under the pen name Jan Axelson. Much of her work relates to computer interfaces and protocols, including

USB Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power supply (interfacing) between computers, peripherals and other computers. A broad ...

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, serial, and parallel ports. Her books are published by her company Lakeview Research, LLC, which is based in Madison,

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. She has also written articles for Nuts and Volts, and the

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. Axelson is the president of Friends of Cherokee Marsh, a volunteer

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

organization based in Madison, Wisconsin that protects and restores the Cherokee Marsh wetland area, an ecologically significant part of the

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watershed.

Selected publications

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Lakeview Research
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