It looks like any other low voltage cable, such as a CAT-5 internet cable. There are several variants to the RS-232 standard. The standard defines a 25 pin configuration for serial data communications. In many cases fewer conductors are used. Google RS-232 standard for definition of the connectors, cable length, restrictions, baud rates and voltage levels.
It looks like any other low voltage cable, such as a CAT-5 Internet cable. There are several variants to the RS-232 standard. The standard defines a 25 pin configuration for serial data communications. In many cases fewer conductors are used. Google RS-232 standard for definition of the connectors, cable length, restrictions, baud rates and voltage levels.
DB9 is a connector, not a cable. It is most commonly used for RS-232 serial connections like an external modem.
RS-232 standard is 50 feet.
it is cable used for data transmission between computers
The 232 doesn't stand or come from anywhere. It's just a reference number. RS-232 = Recommended Standard 232
Recommended Standard 232
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It refers to the 25-pin or 9-pin male serial port on the back of a PC. "A serial port conforms to the interface standard called RS-232c (Reference Standard 232 revision c), which is why a serial port is sometimes called the RS-232 port. The maximum cable length for a serial cable according to RS-232 standards is 50 feet. This interface standard originally called for 25 pins, but because microcomputers use only nine of those pins, manufacturers often installed a modified 9-pin port." -CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining You PC Sixth Edition
RS-232 is a Recommeded Standard (RS) for serial communications. It can be both input and output, or just one or the other. There are RS-232 devices called DCE (for Data Communications Equipment) like a printer, modem, mouse, joystick, monitor. There are RS-232 devices called DTE (for Data Terminal Equipment) like a notebook computer or tower. Two computers may talk to each other over an RS-232 link. The "boss" computer would be the DTE; the "slave" computer would be the DCE. {In practice, nobody really uses RS-232 for intra-computer linking in home or office, but it might be used for fairly long connections on, say, an antenna farm if fiber optics is unaffordable.}
The RS 232 interface is one of the standards used in serial communications. It uses serial signals (as opposed to parallel) to connect computers to devices like printers and modems.
A good alternative for a RS 232 would be modern USB ports. The RS 232 is a serial binary single ended data port. This port is common on computers; however, recently this port has been replaced by USB ports.
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