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About RS-232

Saturday April 29, 2006
| Definition | RS-232 is a telecommunications standard for connecting certain types of electronic equipment. In computer networking, RS-232 cables at one time were commonly used to connect modems to the compatible serial ports of personal computers. Alternatively, the RS-232 ports of two computers were sometimes directly connected to create a simple network interface suitable for transferring files.
→ See also - Null Modem Serial Cables
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