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RS232-C
Serial Interface
Software
GL -4
A uniform standard for serial interfaces
set by the Electronic Industries Associa-
tion {EIA)
.
It establishes standards for
signals and
cabling.
Most personal 'com-
puters follow this standard for serial
interfaces with some variations.
An interface in which the 8 bits that
make up each byte of data are trans-
mitted one after the other over one wire
.
A program, or set of instructions, that
tells your computer or printer what to
do. It's called "soft" because, like
words, it doesn't really have a physical
form the way something like a rock
does.
A "software package" is a com-
mercially prepared program or set of
programs, usually sold recorded on a
disk or tape cassette
.
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