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What is the larger port on the back of the computer for?

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On recent computers the 25 pin D-sub is for the parallel port that is used to connect a printer to.

On older (back in the mid to early 90s) there was also a 25 pin D-sub that was used as a COM (communication) port.

The difference between the two is the printer port is a female port and the COM port is a male port.

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