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    varghesevaidyan Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 4, 2007, 04:56 AM
    USB and Serial
    How does USB differ from Serial port
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    Capuchin Posts: 5,255, Reputation: 656
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    May 4, 2007, 05:14 AM
    The holes are a different shape...

    Seriously though, they are different in many ways:

    Read this: Universal Serial Bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Now read this: Serial port - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Now you understand many of the differences.
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    May 4, 2007, 05:19 AM
    From my experience, USB is said to be faster than serial. We can't tell but the computer can. My printer came with serial. But because of my office set-up I needed a longer interface cord from the PC to the printer. I went shopping for an extension and found that coupling two together would make it even slower and the cord would have cost almost as much as a USB that was already long enough. For me that was a no-brainer. I go with USB any time I have the option.
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