It was standard #232 in the sequential listing of standards written by the Radio Sector
of the Electronic Industries Association. It was first issued in 1962, and has been updated
several times since then.
The 232 doesn't stand or come from anywhere. It's just a reference number. RS-232 = Recommended Standard 232
Recommended Standard 232
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A good alternative for a RS 232 would be modern USB ports. The RS 232 is a serial binary single ended data port. This port is common on computers; however, recently this port has been replaced by USB ports.
From BIT Final yr students
EIA/TIA RS-232 (Recommended Standard 232)
RS-232 is a Recommeded Standard (RS) for serial communications. It can be both input and output, or just one or the other. There are RS-232 devices called DCE (for Data Communications Equipment) like a printer, modem, mouse, joystick, monitor. There are RS-232 devices called DTE (for Data Terminal Equipment) like a notebook computer or tower. Two computers may talk to each other over an RS-232 link. The "boss" computer would be the DTE; the "slave" computer would be the DCE. {In practice, nobody really uses RS-232 for intra-computer linking in home or office, but it might be used for fairly long connections on, say, an antenna farm if fiber optics is unaffordable.}
RS-232
RS-232
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serial port
It's standard number 232 of the Radio Sector of the Electronic Industries Association.