In the early days of personal computing a parallel printer cable could refer to any of a wide range of cables that connected a computer and a printer. Over time, standards were established or adopted, ...

A series of metal wires that enable multiple bits of data to be transferred simultaneously. Parallel cables have mostly given way to serial cables, where data is transferred one bit after another. See ...

If your small business is typical, you want to get the longest lifespan possible from your tech investment, and therefore you may have an older dot-matrix or laser printer with a parallel port that ...

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