Serial

Serial

(1) Pertaining to the sequential transfer, occurrence, or processing of the individual parts of a whole, such as the bits of a character, using the same facilities for successive parts. Contrast with: parallel (1).~(2) See: sequential.

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Industry/Domain: Computer; Software
Category: Software engineering
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