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No. The term serial port refers to the older 9 or 25 pin, male connectors on the back of a PC. They were used for connecting to modems, certain printers, and mice.
A USB port, while it is technically a type of serial port, it is incompatible with the old type of serial port. A USB port gets information about the device from the device, while the old type serial port simply transmitted data. USB to serial adapters do exist, but compatibility can be a challenge.
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Is a USB port and COM1 the same thing?
No. Both COM ports and USB ports are serial interfaces, but the COM interfaces are driven by single device UARTs.
Can a diagnostic card test serial parallel and USB ports?
Yes It Can
Which ports are usually omitted by the legacy-free motherboards?
RS-232 serial ports, Parallel ports, and PS2 mouse and keyboard ports. These days, all of these functions can be handled by Universal Serial Bus (USB ) connections.
What two ports are most often used to connect an external modem to a PC?
Serial and USB ports are most often used to connect an external modem to a PC.
One or more serial parallel USB or game ports can be provided by what controller card?
Multiple serial, gaming, USB, and parallel ports can be established with an I/O controller card. A controller card works as an interface between the motherboard and various components on a computer.
Is a USB port and COM1 the same thing?
No. Both COM ports and USB ports are serial interfaces, but the COM interfaces are driven by single device UARTs.
If there are RS232-to-USB adapters why are there no USB-to-RS232 serial adapters?
RS-232 serial ports are far slower than USB ports. With very few exceptions, devices that use USB ports would be impractical to use on a serial port.
What is a serial USB?
These interface products turn regular USB ports into ports for serial products that can be connected to other serial components for communication uses.
Are serial ports gradually replacing USB ports?
No. Just the opposite.
How many serial ports will a PC support?
serial ports are not in use any more, the new standard is usb
What are the two management ports?
usb port and serial port
Two types of I O ports?
There is only two types of I O ports. The two ports is a USB and serial.
Are USB ports forcing serial and parallel ports to become legacy technology?
Pretty much, yes. USB ports are smaller and more versatile, and can carry a limited amount of power. Serial and parallel ports are larger and more limited, and cannot be "daisy-chained" like USB devices usually can.
USB ports are replacing what ports because of their ability to transfer data quickly?
Its Parallel and Serial
Do you need anything special to adapt the ipod to a dell computer?
if the Dell computer has USB ports, then all you would need is the USB-iPod cable and download/install iTunes. If you system is really old and only have serial ports (9-pin male ports) and no USB ports, then you would need to get a PCI USB card installed into your system. Do not use Serial-USB adapters, as they do not always work.
Can a diagnostic card test serial parallel and USB ports?
Yes It Can
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.
