To put it simply, Serial communication refers to the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially. This is performed over either a "communication channel" or a "computer bus". The contrast to serial communication is "Parallel Communication" in which serveral bits are sent as a whole over a link with multiple parallel channels.
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To put it simply, Serial communication refers to the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially. This is performed over either a "communication channel" or a "computer bus". The contrast to serial communication is "Parallel Communication" in which several bits are sent as a whole over a link with multiple parallel channels.
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**Data Transmission**
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Think of each type of system as a road, in a parallel cable (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit, 124 bit) you have 1 lane per bit, when all of those lanes hit the junction (reciever), they have to all stop and stabalize before they are able to move on, so you end up with congestion. On a serial system, there is only 1 or sometimes (in a full duplex serial connection) 2 lanes. The data is never held up like traffic at a junction as only 1 bit of data can be in any lane at any one time.
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Think of each type of system as a road, in a parallel cable (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit, 124 bit) you have 1 lane per bit, when all of those lanes hit the junction (receiver), they have to all stop and stabilize before they are able to move on, so you end up with congestion. On a serial system, there is only 1 or sometimes (in a full duplex serial connection) 2 lanes. The data is never held up like traffic at a junction as only 1 bit of data can be in any lane at any one time.
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## Most common Serial Architectures
The most common Serial Architectures are listed below: