Com port
Serial Port
USB port, serial port, parallel port.
what is another name for a video port?
A com port can also be called a serial port.
Serial printers are connected via the serial (COM) port of the computer. "Non-serial" printers are connected through another interface, such as the parallel port, USB, ADB. FireWire, etc...
Gallo makes a nice port. San Francisco is a port as is Southampton. There are serial and parallel ports Portholes
Ethernet port
poo poo port.
PS2 port
A harbour.
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.
A serial port can be connected to numerous devices; pretty much any device that has another serial port. Examples include: Modems, serial mice, serial printers, bar code readers, digital scales, data acquisition equipment, pumps, flow monitors, radios, etc. I have a ham radio receiver that is controlled completely through a serial port and custom software; and I am writing a custom piece of software right now that connects through the serial port to a digital scale for process automation.