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Serial port

A serial port is a serial communication interface through which information transfers in or out sequentially one bit at a time. This is in contrast to a parallel port, which communicates multiple bits simultaneously in parallel. Throughout most of the history of personal computers, data has been transferred through serial ports to devices such as modems…

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Serial port

Nodes129
Edges128
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
Components1

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Serial port

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has application · 12
Serial port → AV, Bar, Dial-up, LCD, Macintosh AppleTalk, NMEA, PC, RS-422, Serial, Some, Stenotype, This
see also · 12
Serial port → Bluetooth, COM, Device, IPTeleprinter, LAN, List, Mechanism, Networking, Serial, Serial Port Profile, Software, SPP
related to Gender · 10
Serial port → Connectors, DB25, DCE, DTE, DTEs, Either, Generally, However, In, With D-subminiature
related to Further reading · 9
Serial port → COM Ports, Edition, Embedded Systems, ISBN, Jan Axelson, Lakeview Research, Ports, Serial Port Complete, USB Virtual COM Ports
related to Hardware · 9
Serial port → CPU, Modern, RS-232, The IBM PC, These, This IC, UART, UARTs, Very
related to Speed · 9
Serial port → Bit, Crystal, For, Many, MHz, N-1, Serial, The, This
related to DTE and DCE · 8
Serial port → Conventionally, DCE, Devices, DTE, If, RX, The, TX
related to Data bits · 7
Serial port → Also, ASCII, Baudot, IBM, Most, The, To
related to Parity · 5
Serial port → Correct, If, Parity, The, When
related to Settings · 5
Serial port → Hardware, In, Serial, The, UART

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serial data ports port bit used bits parity devices hardware control connectors standard stop connector one usually rs-232 character use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Serial portis aserial communication interface through which information transfers in or out sequentially one bit at a time0.90text
modemsinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
terminalsinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
various peripheralsinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
and directly between computers.While interfaces such as Ethernetinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
FireWireinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
and USB also send data as a serial streaminstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
the term serial port usually denotes hardware compliant with RS-232 or a related standardinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
such as RS-485 or RS-422.Modern consumer personal computersinstance ofdata has been transferred through serial ports to devices0.80text
modems are DCEinstance ofwhile peripherals0.80text
routersinstance ofDial-up modemsConfiguration and management of networking equipment0.80text
switchesinstance ofDial-up modemsConfiguration and management of networking equipment0.80text

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