Serial ports are a type of computer interface that transmit information one byte at a time. They were commonly used for external modems, mice, and keyboards. They differ from parallel ports in transfer rate and were often manually reconfigured. They are now mostly used for dial-up modems and have been replaced by USB and Firewire. […]
Serial and parallel ports were once common means of data transfer, but have been largely replaced by USB ports. Parallel ports are one-way and mainly used for printers, while serial ports allow bidirectional communication with peripherals. Both serial and parallel ports are examples of once cutting-edge computer technology; for much of the history of personal […]
FireWire is a high-speed serial bus used for digital audio and video transfer, created by Apple in 1995. It has two versions, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800, and is still in widespread use. It is faster than USB 2.0 and is used in computers and peripherals such as external hard drives and digital video cameras. […]
