Term of the Day
Today • October 17
Serial Port
A serial port is a type of hardware interface found on personal computers from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. They were also called COM ports or RS-232 ports. Serial ports were used to connect peripherals like modems, game controllers, and mice. ... Read More
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Which of the following was used to measure dial-up modem speeds?
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Bandwidth
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B
Baud
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Bytes
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D
Bits
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