serial interfacen.Computing a type of data interface in which multiple bits are transmitted as a single sequence; contrasted with parallel interfacen. at paralleln., adj., and adv. Compounds 2.
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1971 U.S. Patent 3,585,599 Fig. 15H Log xmit sends byte to serial interface.
1994 Amstrad Action June 13/2 One of the hackers..did it all with a CPC, serial interface and modem.
2003 Handwoven Jan. 7/2 An article on SLIPS and LIPS interfaces that includes a flow chart for a serial interface.