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In a serial connection, at any given time in one direction r the other, data is transferred across only one wire, one bit at a time. The usual example of a serial connection, DB-9, uses two wires, but still keeps to this rule.

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What is the purpose of a start bit in rs232 serial communication protocol?

start bit signals receiver end to receive sequence of bits(data bits) and stop bit to signal the end of bit transmission.


The groups of wires that transfer data are known as the?

There are multiple wires connecting each sub-unit and data is exchanged using a parallel transfer mode. This mode of operation results in minimal delays in transferring each word. • In parallel transmission, all the bits of data are transmitted simultaneously on separate communication lines. • In order to transmit n bits, n wires or lines are used.


What is difference between a parallel bus and a serial bus?

A Parallel bus has a relatively large number of wires bundled together that enable data to be transferred in parallel. This increases the throughput, or rate of data transfer, between the peripheral and the computer. A Serial bus can be defined as a transmission path over which the participants transmit their data serially, sequentially in time, and using a common medium. In the case of serial transmission, only a single communication link for transferring data from any given end to another one. In the case of parallel transmission, we use multiple numbers of parallel links for the simultaneous transmission of all the data bits in the network.


How many bits does a serial port transmit at a time?

Serial ports transmit data one bit at a time, which is why they are becoming obsolete.


What is the differences and similarties of data transmissions?

Would you like to know wired or wireless transmissions? There are so many types of wireless transmissions, and I do not know about them. But there are two main types of wired transmissions. The all popular parallel and serial transmissions. Parallel uses a cable consisting of 8 wires where 1 bit of information is sent through each wire at a time. Hence 8 wires, 8 bits of info... parallel trans. Then there is serial transmission which uses 2 wires to send send 1 bit at a time, but there are 2 ways for back and forth communication. Besides older computers there really isn't anything that uses either of these transmission standards anymore except universal serial bus, also known as USB. There are 4 wires in any usb device or cable, 2 are used for transmission, 1 for power and 1 for ground.

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What is the purpose of a start bit in rs232 serial communication protocol?

start bit signals receiver end to receive sequence of bits(data bits) and stop bit to signal the end of bit transmission.


What do you mean by a serial interface?

Serial means that each bit in a data packet is sent over one wire, one after the other (in chronological order). This is the opposite of parallel, where many bits are sent at once over several wires.


Why is serial transmission preferred for long distances?

Because the costs are small than other kind of transmissions. For example, in case of 8 bits data transmission, parallel aprouch needs 8 wires but serial only 1 (cheapest).


What is a databus as used in computers?

Databus is flow of information called data through a channel. That transportation of information could be serial or parallel. Serial data can be transported basically in two wires circuit, and parallel data is transported through as many wires as its quantity of bits (resolution of the information) Also databus can be in only one direction or both direction.


What is serial transmission?

Serial transmission is a method of transmitting data where one bit is transmitted after another in a single wire. Serial transmission is usually used to transmit data between two computers as it is less expensive, yet at a cost of a slightly slow speed. A minimum of two wires is needed for serial transmission, which is less compared to a minimum of eight wires in parallel transmission. Serial transmission is used to send data over long distances as the bits are less likely to get out of order. It is used in devices such as modems, bar code readers and light pens .


What are Technologies used for random access memory and serial access memory?

Very vague question. In terms of how RAM works: "SRAM" stores bits by using flip-flops. Higher-end "DRAM" memory stores bits in the form of a capacitor charge.


What is the number that you can count up to using 10 bits?

the highest number you can count up to using 10 bits is 1029 using binary


How many bits does a serial port receives at a time?

five times


How many bits are sent at a time in a serial communication?

one bit at a time


How many characters can be represented using 8 bits?

8 bits = 64 character


When do you use drill bits?

When using a drill.


The groups of wires that transfer data are known as the?

There are multiple wires connecting each sub-unit and data is exchanged using a parallel transfer mode. This mode of operation results in minimal delays in transferring each word. • In parallel transmission, all the bits of data are transmitted simultaneously on separate communication lines. • In order to transmit n bits, n wires or lines are used.