《计算机网络专业英语》(北邮版)ByfarthemostpopularserialinterfacebetweenacomputeranditsCRTterminalistheasynchronousserialinterface,thisinterfaceissocalledbecausethetransmitteddataandthereceiveddataarenotsynchronizedoveranyextendedperiodandthereforenospecialmeansofsynchronizingtheclocksatthetransmitterandreceiverisnecessary
Infact,theasynchronousserialdatalinkisaveryoldformofdatatransmissionsystemandhasitsoriginalintheeraofteleprinter
•CRT:CathodeRayTube•era:[iərə]时代•Serialdatatransmissionsystemshavebeenaroundforalongtimeandarefoundinthetelephone(humanspeech),Morsecode,semaphore,andeventhesmokesignalsonceusedbynativeAmericans
Thefundamentalproblemencounteredbyallserialdatatransmissionsystemsishowtosplittheincomingdatastreamintoindividualunits(i
,bits)andhowtogrouptheseunitsintocharacters
Forexample,inMo