Definition of Parallel port

1. Noun. An interface between a computer and a printer where the computer sends multiple bits of information to the printer simultaneously.

Exact synonyms: Parallel Interface
Generic synonyms: Interface, Port

Definition of Parallel port

1. Noun. (computing) A physical interface capable of transmitting multiple bits of data simultaneously, unlike a serial port. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parallel Port

parallel
parallel-park
parallel attachment
parallel bars
parallel circuit
parallel gill trama
parallel immersion
parallel import
parallel imports
parallel interface
parallel key
parallel keys
parallel of latitude
parallel operation
parallel park
parallel port (current term)
parallel ports
parallel processing
parallel rays
parallel text
parallel track
parallel universe
parallel universes
parallelable
paralleled
parallelepiped
parallelepipedal
parallelepipedic
parallelepipedon
parallelepipeds

Literary usage of Parallel port

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk by John Ross Browne (1867)
"... that remarkable city can hesitate a moment to admit that it is a commercial metropolis without parallel. Port Townsend is indeed a remarkable place. ..."

2. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"When close-up photography of small objects is required, a plane parallel port coupled with lenses of longer focal length is useful. This type of photography ..."

3. Parallel History: Being an Outline of the History and Biography of the World by Philip Alexander Prince (1843)
"... values and plains of Trinidad, enamelled with eternal verdure, and presenting a coup d'œil, to which the Old World affords no parallel. Port of Spain ..."

4. Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With by John Ross Browne (1871)
"... that remarkable city can hesitate a moment to admit that it is a commercial metropolis without parallel. Port Townsend is indeed a remarkable place. ..."

5. The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt (1894)
"... war itself had certain points of similarity with the struggles of which men like Over-Mas- Bolivar were the heroes; where the parallel port^ce^'f ..."

6. Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School by Gene Callahan (2004)
"The first Macintosh was a 128K machine with no option for RAM expansion, no parallel port, a single floppy drive, no hard-drive option, little available ..."

7. Forensic Laboratories: Handbook for Facility Planning, Design, Construction ...edited by Alim A. Fatah, Kathleen M. Higgins edited by Alim A. Fatah, Kathleen M. Higgins (1999)
"... either the installed monitor, the additional monitor or both to be connected to the computer. 8. parallel port connection from the computer switched ..."

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