Serial port requiring programs to refer to them by hardware address. Unix-like operating systems usually label the serial port devices /dev/tty*. "TTY" is a common trademark-free abbreviation for "teletype", a device commonly attached to early computers' serial ports, and * represents a string identifying the specific port; the syntax of that string depends on the operating system and the device. On Linux, 8250/16550 UART hardware serial ports are named /dev/ttyS*, USB adapters appear as /dev/ttyUSB* and various types of virtual serial ports do not necessarily have names starting with tty. The DOS and Windows environments refer to serial ports as COM ports:
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