0 a part of a computer where wires from other pieces of equipment can be connected to it, sending through information one bit (= unit of information) at a time
1 a part of a computer where wires from other pieces of equipment can be connected, sending through information one bit at a time
Serial port adapters also exist, and are similarly declining in usefulness.
The initial version used either available serial port as the communications channel.
Use this switch when there is a component other than a mouse attached to a serial port during the startup process.
Server computers may use a serial port as a control console for diagnostics.
Different pin numbers were used for the signals (for this see serial port).
They were standalone units that connected to any device with an asynchronous serial port.
Other circuits are designed to communicate through a serial port with a host controller in order to set switches on or off.
This position is sent to the microprocessor by a serial port as a data line.
