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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

serial data transmission

Serial data transmission sends the bits for a character one after another along the same data line. This means that serial transmission requires only two wires (a data line and the ground, return line), although more may be provided.

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characterbitcablecoaxial cablebaudbaud ratebits per second (bps)data transmissionparallel data transmission
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