serial port
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- noun
- /ˈsɪəriəl pɔrt/
- Specialized
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- ActiveSync started out as a way to plug your device directly into your PC over a serial port.
For this, select the device serial port and click on Download.
- For this, select the device serial port and click on Download.
- There is a print Ln statement that will print the list of all the serial ports that are present on your computer.
- I've got the code to capture the images alongside the Arduino output through the serial port.
Examples
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We also had some 8086 boards with a serial port, one ISA slot, and a free PROM socket.
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Set the serial port to "on."
Academic text (2000) -
I wonder if I can have it write to the serial port during flight.
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For this, select the device serial port and click on Download.
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So it's configuring the serial port and we'll go to the next step.
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The unit can be programmed using either the keypad/display or remotely via the serial port.
Academic text (1996) -
The device plugs into the serial port of a computer and uses single-touch controls to scan and read documents.
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All parameters can be entered through the 26-button keypad or via a PC through the serial port.
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When you introduced the iMac, you ditched the serial ports and insisted everyone had to make do with USB ports, despite the fact there was approximately one printer in the world that worked with USB.
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The device plugs into the serial port of a computer and uses single-touch controls to scan and read documents.
Synonyms
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7.9
A computer port for connecting older devices like modems or printers
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5.0
A place on a computer where you plug in devices for power or data
How Sequential
- Specialized
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'serial' (in sequence) + 'port' (a socket): a socket that transmits data one bit at a time follows naturally from those constituents. Although the term is technical, the composition follows normal noun–modifier patterns and has direct parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the basic sense.
Etymology
Serial port comes from the words serial (meaning 'one after another') and port (a place to plug in a cable). Picture information moving like beads on a string, passing 'one bit at a time' through that single plug. That's why serial port means a connector on a computer that sends data in order to a device.