What is Serial communication?
{{No sources|date=June 2020}} '''Serial communication''' is a term used to describe systems used for [[telecommunication]]s, as well as certain [[technology|technologies]] used for [[computing]]. When using serial communication, only one [[bit]] is transferred at a time, for example over a [[communication channel]] or [[computer bus]]. This is different to [[parallel communication]], where several bits are sent at the same time. Many [[computer network]]s, as well as many lines where [[Information|data]] is transferred over a long distance use serial communication. ==Examples for serial communication== *[[Morse code]] signalling *[[RS-232]], a low-speed serial port used on some PCs; [[RS-423]] and [[RS-485]] are variations of this *[[Universal Serial Bus|USB]] is a standard to connect [[peripheral]]s to computers *[[Ethernet]], one of the most widely used standards for Computer Networks *[[FireWire]], another standard like USB *[[Fibre Channel]], high-speed, for connecting computers to storage, like [[harddisk]]s *[[Serial Attached SCSI]] *[[Serial ATA]] *[[Serial port]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Telecommunications]] [[Category:Computer buses]]