Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Serial Port
a computer or other hardware device interface that allows for serial transmission, that is, one bit of data at a time, over a single line. Modems, mice and printers (printers also use parallel port connections) all utilize serial port connections. Most computers have two such interfaces labeled COM 1 and COM 2.
