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What are serial ports?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

serial port to communicate between CPU with other devices such as printer

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Is there a laptop which has two RS232 aka serial ports?

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How many serial ports will a PC support?

serial ports are not in use any more, the new standard is usb


What ports on a laptop are serial ports?

Many modern laptops don't have a serial port at all. The most common serial ports on desktop computers were the old style of mouse ports that look like this picture: http://i32.tinypic.com/29vtir.jpg


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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.


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.


Is parallel ports always faster than serial ports?

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What ports and ports are considered connectivity port?

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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.


How could you recognize parallel and serial port of computer?

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Two types of I O ports?

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How are serial pors amd com ports the same?

COM ports transfer data using a serial connection as opposed to a parallel connection.