RS-232


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RS-232

(communications)
A standard developed by the Electronic Industries Association that governs the interface between data processing and data communications equipment, and is widely used to connect microcomputers to peripheral devices.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

RS-232

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