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The traditional parallel port is a 25 "d-sub" connector.
Serial ports come in two flavors, either 25 pin "d-sub" or 9 pin.
USB (another serial communication standard) is a different animal.
PS/2 is also a serial port and it has six pins.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoA common serial port has either nine pins (by far the most common) or sometimes on very old equipment 25 pins. It turns out that they are completely compatible with a very simple adapter... the older standard just used a wider connector.
The nine pins are arranged in two offset rows. The port (on a computer) is "male" in that the metal pins are sticking out, with a metal shield around it forming a trapezoid with slightly rounded corners.
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∙ 14y agoA typical serial port has 9 pins. also known as DB-9 male.
A+ Guide to Hardware: pg. 395
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∙ 9y agoA standard/typical serial port features 25 pins (d-sub) or 9 pins. However, some special serial ports like USB and PS/2, are configured differently.
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∙ 12y agoThere are many different kinds of serial ports, with varying numbers of pins.
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∙ 13y ago9 pins and it is the DB9 serial port.
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∙ 13y ago25 pins.
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How many pins in typical serial port?
9
How many pins are on a standard serial port?
9
How many pins does a serial port connector have?
9
How many pins on a typical serial port?
Standard serial ports have either 5 pins or 25 pins. Although are also serial ports, USB and PS/2 ports do not obey this rule.
How do you know that it is serial port?
15 pins
What type of connector has three rows with 15 pins?
A video port has 15 pins (3 rows of 5 each) A video port, also known as a Serial Port, has 3 rows of 5 pins which is 15 pins.
The serial port is called?
It's called a COM port.
Does a 15 pin serial port support dual monitors?
If it has 15 pins it is NOT a serial port! A serial port will have either 9 pins (DB-9), or 25 pins (DB-25). The 15 pin connector (usually blue) is analog video or VGA, and yes if your graphics card is powerful enough it can run dual monitors. You can either buy a dual port graphics card or a splitter to run dual monitors
What does a serial port look like?
It is a D shaped connector and has got 9 pins in it.
How many pins does a COM port have?
how many ports does com port have
How many pins doe a fire wire 800 port have?
9=pins
How many pins are in USB port?
There are four pins in a USB port. The positive, negative and Data positive, data negative.
