How many pins are on a typicaly serial port?

Answer 1

The traditional parallel port is a 25 "d-sub" connector.

Serial ports come in two flavors, either 25 pin "d-sub" or 9 pin.

USB (another serial communication standard) is a different animal.

PS/2 is also a serial port and it has six pins.

Answer 2

A common serial port has either nine pins (by far the most common) or sometimes on very old equipment 25 pins. It turns out that they are completely compatible with a very simple adapter... the older standard just used a wider connector.

The nine pins are arranged in two offset rows. The port (on a computer) is "male" in that the metal pins are sticking out, with a metal shield around it forming a trapezoid with slightly rounded corners.

Answer 3

A typical serial port has 9 pins. also known as DB-9 male.

A+ Guide to Hardware: pg. 395

Answer 4

A standard/typical serial port features 25 pins (d-sub) or 9 pins. However, some special serial ports like USB and PS/2, are configured differently.

Answer 5

There are many different kinds of serial ports, with varying numbers of pins.

Answer 6

9 pins and it is the DB9 serial port.

Answer 7

25 pins.