Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter - a component that manages the reception/transmission of serial data from/to the outside world - it converts it to parallel data suitable for use within the computer
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(Digital cameras and photo printers) Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter. Set of chips in a computer regulating data flow over the serial interface. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20472
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter. An intelligent microchip for serial interfaces, which carries out the serialisation of parallel data and the separation of start, parity and stop bits.
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UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) is a controller chip that processes data coming in and going out of the modem. The 16550 is a modern example. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GU.HTM