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Originally Posted by schettj
Actually, it is exactly correct. USB has 4 connections. That would be 1RX 1TX power and ground. A wire can transmit 1 bit at a time. Guess what? We call that "Serial".
Serial always means bit at a time. SATA interfaces? One bit at a time. PATA? 8 (or 16 for wide pata) at a time. FireWire? 1 bit at a time.
Anything using 1 wire to transmit data is serial. Even if its really really fast, it's pushing 1 bit at a time.
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well I was under the idea that the old serial ports didn't transmit in a stream like USB and Firewire did, hence one reason for the speed difference, as well as the difference in bit transfers. I admit I'm no "Serial Port" expert and you probably know more about this specific subject as well as the specific lexicon that goes along with it.
The whole point of my comment was amazement that someone actually used the actual port known as "Serial Port" before USB and Firewire came standard in devices, however that translates into actual technical manifestations and semantics.
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