start bit

start bit definition - telecom
In asynchronous transmission, a bit that alerts the receiving computer of the arrival of a character. A stop bit, or sometime two stop bits, signals the end of the character. See also asynchronous transmission and bit.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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