"serial port" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: serial ports [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} serial port (plural serial ports)
  1. (computing) A serial communication physical interface through which data is transferred in or out one bit at a time. Coordinate_terms: parallel port Translations (physical interface through which data is transferred in or out one bit at a time): seriële poort [common-gender] (Dutch), sarjaportti (Finnish), σειριακή θύρα (seiriakí thýra) [feminine] (Greek)

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