What is a start bit, and with which type of serial transmission is a start bit used?

What will be an ideal response?


Some systems use extra bits to allow the receiver’s hardware to synchronize with the
incoming signal. In some asynchronous systems, the extra bits are known as a preamble; in others, the
extra bits are known as start bits.

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a. \n. b. \r. c. \cr. d. \c.

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Gary is preparing a lecture for his students on Internet technology. Gary wants to make sure that his students know precisely which technologies are included in the category of broadband. Which of the following types of Internet connections will he not include in that category?

A. cable TV B. dial-up C. fiber-optic D. DSL

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Two of the people most often credited with the invention of the Internet and WWW respectively are _____.

a. Douglas Engelbart and Tim Berners-Lee b. Marc Andressen and James Clark c. Alan Emtage and J. Peter Deutsch d. Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee

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BRANCH&BOOK is a valid name for a table in MySQL.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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