parallel port
noun [C] specializedDefinition
› a part of a computer where wires from other pieces of equipment such as a printer can be connected to it, sending information eight bits (= units of information), or one byte, at a time through a special wire → Compare serial portComputer hardware
(Definition of parallel port noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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