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give the difference between serial port and parallel port
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∙ 14y agoThe PC's parallel port, including ECP, EPP, bidirectional, and IEEE-1284 modes (and other I/O ports as well).
Ethernet, FireWire, and USB all send data as a serial stream,
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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.
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 VGA port a serial port?
No. VGA port is not either serial or parallel port. It is a different interface. If you need a serial output, you need a VGA to serial converter.
What is the difference between a serial port and a parallel port?
Parallel ports are easy to program and faster compared to the serial ports. But main disadvantage is it needs more number of transmission lines. Because of this reason parallel ports are not used in long distance communications. Let us know the basic difference between working of parallel port and serial port. In serial ports, there will be two data lines: One transmission and one receive line. To send a data in serial port, it has to be sent one bit after another with some extra bits like start bit, stop bit and parity bit to detect errors. But in parallel port, all the 8 bits of a byte will be sent to the port at a time and a indication will be sent in another line. There will be some data lines, some control and some handshaking lines in parallel port. If three bytes of data 01000101 10011100 10110011 is to be sent to the port, parallel port communication is faster then serial port.
What ports and ports are considered connectivity port?
parallel and serial port
Is parallel ports always faster than serial ports?
yes
What THE best serial or parallel ports?
Usually serial. Parallel is almost completely gone, and serial is getting replaced by USB.
How could you recognize parallel and serial port of computer?
Parallel ports typically have 25 or 36 pin ports. Serial ports, by contrast, have only 9 pins. Both type of ports have two rows of pins.
USB ports are replacing what ports because of their ability to transfer data quickly?
Its Parallel and Serial
What is the difference of serial and parallel ports?
Serial ports only allow one device to send and one device to receive at a time, where a parallel port can send and receive data at the same time.
How are serial pors amd com ports the same?
COM ports transfer data using a serial connection as opposed to a parallel connection.
What is a port that is available on a sound card?
Lots of ports aren't found on sound cards. Examples include Ethernet, RJ-11 (telephone), USB, FireWire, USB, and typically serial or parallel ports.
Can a diagnostic card test serial parallel and USB ports?
Yes It Can
Serial ports and parallel ports have long been used to connect input and output devices to the computer?
true.
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 are the advantages of USB ports relative to parallel and serial ports?
The serial and parallel ports are slow,have limited expandability and don't carry their own charge of electricity.these ports work fine for connecting Printers, Mice and keyboards to PC but all these device will perform better if connected to a USB port
