COM Port(Communication Port) is the original name given to serial ports on IBM compatible computers.
A serial port is asynchronous port on computer used to connect a serial device to computer capable of transmitting 1 bit at a time. It's basically a I/O port to get the data in and out of using computer. Normally every PC has one or 2 COM ports(serial ports).
A keyboard may be connected to COM1 and some other device may be connected to COM2.
Serial ports were mostly used for communication with RS-232, RS-485 system. A serial port is more than just a port, it converts data from parallel to serial and changes its electrical representation. Inside computer data flows in parallel( using many wires at a time) while serial flow is flow of bits over single wire.
Most of the electronics for serial port (convert parallel data to serial) is done in a computer chip that's known as UART.
Connectors for serial ports are of MALE and FEMALE type.
MALE JACK Female JACK
Reference:
http://www.thaiio.com/serialportinfo.html
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