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serial Last modified: Wednesday, October 24, 2001

One by one. Serial data transfer refers to transmitting data one bit at a time. The opposite of serial is parallel, in which several bits are transmitted concurrently.

Data communication links Collection of links to LAN, WAN and serial communications resources from Data Comm for Business, Inc. Introduction to Serial Communication Good tutorial on RS232 (serial) communications.