COM (hardware interface)

COM port (DE-9 connector).

COM (communication port)[1][2] is the original, yet still common, name of the serial port interface on PC-compatible computers. It can refer not only to physical ports, but also to emulated ports, such as ports created by Bluetooth or USB adapters.

  1. ^ "Configuring a communication port". IBM Lotus Domino and Notes Information Center. August 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013.
  2. ^ Stephen Byron Cooper. "What Is a Com1 Port?". Retrieved 2021-09-30.