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A com port is the old type of serial port on a PC. They are numbered, and some PCs had two or more. Someone might use com port one for a mouse and com port two for a modem.

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What does mean by COM 1 port?

COM 1 means SERIAL port number 1


What is the other name for com port?

A com port can also be called a serial port.


How many pins does a COM port have?

how many ports does com port have


MS-DOS command to change com port?

Use the "change port" command (without the quotes, of course) to change the port you're deciding to map to somewhere else. First, to display the current com port mappings, you can use change port / query Then, to change a port, type change [old com port]=[new com port] NOTE: Change the text in the brackets to the actual com port, making sure to use keyword "COM," again without the quotes, and in the example, without the brackets Here's an example: change port COM2=COM4 Finally, to delete a COM port listing, use the following format: change port /d [COM PORT] Here's an example of deleting a COM port listing: change port /d COM8 Hope this helps!


What is a com port?

Communication Port.


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

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.


What is the port used to initially configure a router?

COM port is used to configure a router but you can also get a COM port to USB port adapter which can configure a router using a USB port.


What is another name for a COM port?

Serial Port


What is another name for serial port?

Com port


Where is the location of the COM port?

Your computer might not necessarily have a com port at all. A com port is just an older style serial port. USB ports have replaced com ports for the most part. If you have any com ports, they would be on the back of the computer. They would be male (pins sticking out), and have 9 or 25 pins. If there is a 25-pin female D-socket, that would be a parallel port.


Which type of cable is used to conect the com port of a host to the com port of a router or switch?

Rollover cable is used.


When using a Digital multimeter the black lead usually goes into which port?

On a digital multi-meter the black lead connects to the common (COM) port in the meter.

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