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serial port

noun

  1. computing (on a computer) a socket that can be used for connecting devices that send data one bit at a time; often used for connecting the mouse or a modem
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It has an LCD for displaying a face, and you can augment it with your own electronics and sensors — there’s a mount on the back, and the bot has USB and serial ports.

If you have two PCs with serial ports and a null modem cable, you could also transfer the files using the free File Maven software instead of LapLink.

You probably remember serial ports as the ancient nine-pin plug you once used to hook up your mouse or joystick to your computer in the pre-USB dark ages.

From Forbes

A hardware voice synthesizer sits in another black box on the back of the chair and receives commands from the computer via a USB-based serial port.

"Cycle the machine again, that serial port's still hung." :cycle crunch: /n./

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