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'''RS-232''' is an EIA standard for serial digital communication ("Interface Between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Communication Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange"), originally issued in 1960.
'''RS-232''' is an EIA standard for serial digital communication ("Interface Between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Communication Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange"), originally issued in 1960.


The 1969 version RS-232C introduced a standard 25-pin D-shell connector (albeit only in an appendix, formally added to the next version RS-232D in 1986).
The 1969 version RS-232C introduced a standard 25-pin [[D-sub connector]] (albeit only in an appendix, formally added to the next version RS-232D in 1986).


Related ITU-T standards include V.24 (circuit identification) and V.28 (signal voltage and timing characteristics).
Related ITU-T standards include V.24 (circuit identification) and V.28 (signal voltage and timing characteristics).