Monday 4 February 2013

PORTS OF COMPUTER

PORTS OF COMPUTER
A Port is an interface or point of attachment .It is used to connect peripheral devices with computer such as printers ,keyboards or mouse.All Peripheral devices communicate with the computer using ports.The port connectors are attached to motherboard .Each type of port operates at a certain speed.The speed is measured in kbps.
TYPES OF PORTS
Different types of ports are as follows

       Serial Port
       Parallel Port
        USB Port
SERIAL PORT
A type of port that transmits one bit at a time is called serial port.It is usually used to connect devices that donot require fast data transmission like mouse and keyboard etc.Serial port is often referred to as Communication (COM) Port.It is an external port on the back of the computer.It is attached directly to motherboard.The older ports used 25 pin connectors for serial port.The serial ports in the latest computers have only nine pins.

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