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Standard bit sequence is least-significant-bit-first (D<sub>0</sub> to D<sub>7</sub> in ascending order).<sup id="cite_ref-Mackenzie_1980_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackenzie_1980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> D<sub>0</sub> is received first via serial transmission. All bits are received simultaneously via parallel transmission.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">telecommunication</a> and <a href="/wiki/Data_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Data transmission">data transmission</a>, <b>serial communication</b> is the process of sending <a href="/wiki/Data" title="Data">data</a> one <a href="/wiki/Bit" title="Bit">bit</a> at a time, sequentially, over a <a href="/wiki/Communication_channel" title="Communication channel">communication channel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Computer_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer bus">computer bus</a>. This is in contrast to <a href="/wiki/Parallel_communication" title="Parallel communication">parallel communication</a>, where several bits are sent as a whole, on a link with several parallel channels. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg/400px-MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg/600px-MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg/800px-MIL-STD-188-100_char_struct_for_async_comms_1972-11-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="155" /></a><figcaption>Standard character structure for asynchronous data communication consisting of 10 elements for a 7-bit ASCII character</figcaption></figure> <p>Serial communication is used for all <a href="/wiki/Long-haul_communications" title="Long-haul communications">long-haul communication</a> and most <a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">computer networks</a>, where the cost of <a href="/wiki/Electrical_cable" title="Electrical cable">cable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Synchronization" title="Synchronization">synchronization</a> difficulties make parallel communication impractical. Serial computer buses have become more common even at shorter distances, as improved <a href="/wiki/Signal_integrity" title="Signal integrity">signal integrity</a> and transmission speeds in newer serial technologies have begun to outweigh the parallel bus's advantage of simplicity (no need for serializer and deserializer, or <a href="/wiki/SerDes" title="SerDes">SerDes</a>) and to outstrip its disadvantages (<a href="/wiki/Clock_skew" title="Clock skew">clock skew</a>, interconnect density). The migration from <a href="/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect" title="Peripheral Component Interconnect">PCI</a> to <a href="/wiki/PCI_Express" title="PCI Express">PCI Express</a> (PCIe) is an example. </p><p>Modern high speed serial interfaces such as PCIe<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> send data several bits at a time using modulation/encoding techniques such as <a href="/wiki/PAM4" class="mw-redirect" title="PAM4">PAM4</a> which groups 2 bits at a time into a single symbol, and several symbols are still sent one at the time. This replaces PAM2 or non return to zero (NRZ) which only sends one bit at a time, or in other words one bit per symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The symbols are sent at a speed known as the symbol rate or the baud rate.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cables">Cables</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serial_communication&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cables"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many serial communication systems were originally designed to transfer data over relatively large distances through some sort of <a href="/wiki/Data_cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Data cable">data cable</a>. </p><p>Practically all long-distance communication transmits data one bit at a time, rather than in parallel, because it reduces the cost of the cable. The cables that carry this data (other than "the" serial cable) and the <a href="/wiki/Computer_port_(hardware)" title="Computer port (hardware)">computer ports</a> they plug into are usually referred to with a more specific name, to reduce confusion. </p><p>Keyboard and mouse cables and ports are almost invariably serial—such as <a href="/wiki/PS/2_port" title="PS/2 port">PS/2 port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus" title="Apple Desktop Bus">Apple Desktop Bus</a> and <a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a>. </p><p>The cables that carry digital video are also mostly serial—such as <a href="/wiki/Coax_cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Coax cable">coax cable</a> plugged into a <a href="/wiki/HD-SDI" class="mw-redirect" title="HD-SDI">HD-SDI</a> port, a <a href="/wiki/Webcam" title="Webcam">webcam</a> plugged into a USB port or <a href="/wiki/IEEE_1394" title="IEEE 1394">FireWire port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethernet_cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethernet cable">Ethernet cable</a> connecting an <a href="/wiki/IP_camera" title="IP camera">IP camera</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet" title="Power over Ethernet">Power over Ethernet</a> port, <a href="/wiki/FPD-Link" title="FPD-Link">FPD-Link</a>, digital telephone lines (ex. <a href="/wiki/ISDN" title="ISDN">ISDN</a>), etc. </p><p>Other such cables and ports, transmitting data one bit at a time, include <a href="/wiki/Serial_ATA" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial ATA">Serial ATA</a>, <a href="/wiki/SCSI_connector#Serial_SCSI" title="SCSI connector">Serial SCSI</a>, Ethernet cable plugged into <a href="/wiki/Ethernet_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethernet port">Ethernet ports</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Display_Data_Channel" title="Display Data Channel">Display Data Channel</a> using previously reserved pins of the <a href="/wiki/VGA_connector" title="VGA connector">VGA connector</a> or the <a href="/wiki/DVI_port" class="mw-redirect" title="DVI port">DVI port</a> or the <a href="/wiki/HDMI" title="HDMI">HDMI</a> port. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Serial_buses">Serial buses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serial_communication&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Serial buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DB25_Diagram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/DB25_Diagram.svg/220px-DB25_Diagram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/DB25_Diagram.svg/330px-DB25_Diagram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/DB25_Diagram.svg/440px-DB25_Diagram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="150" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/RS-232" title="RS-232">RS-232</a> connector (<a href="/wiki/D-Sub" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Sub">D-Sub</a> DB-25 variant)</figcaption></figure> <p>Many communication systems were generally designed to connect two integrated circuits on the same <a href="/wiki/Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit board</a>, connected by <a href="/wiki/Signal_trace" title="Signal trace">signal traces</a> on that board (rather than external cables). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">Integrated circuits</a> are more expensive when they have more pins. To reduce the number of pins in a package, many ICs use a serial bus to transfer data when speed is not important. Some examples of such low-cost lower-speed serial buses include <a href="/wiki/RS-232" title="RS-232">RS-232</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_Addressable_Lighting_Interface" title="Digital Addressable Lighting Interface">DALI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial Peripheral Interface Bus">SPI</a>, <a href="/wiki/CAN_bus" title="CAN bus">CAN bus</a>, <a href="/wiki/I%C2%B2C" title="I²C">I²C</a>, <a href="/wiki/UNI/O" title="UNI/O">UNI/O</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1-Wire" title="1-Wire">1-Wire</a>. Higher-speed serial buses include <a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a>, <a href="/wiki/SATA" title="SATA">SATA</a> and <a href="/wiki/PCI_Express" title="PCI Express">PCI Express</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Serial_versus_parallel">Serial versus parallel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serial_communication&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Serial versus parallel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The communication links, across which computers (or parts of computers) talk to one another, may be either serial or parallel. A parallel link transmits several streams of data simultaneously along multiple channels (e.g., wires, printed circuit tracks, or optical fibers); whereas, a serial link transmits only a single stream of data. The rationale for parallel communication was the added benefit of having <a href="/wiki/Direct_Memory_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Memory Access">Direct Memory Access</a> to the 8-bit or 16-bit registry addresses at a time where mapping direct data lanes was more convenient and faster than synchronizing data serially.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Although a serial link may seem inferior to a parallel one, since it can transmit less data per clock cycle, it is often the case that serial links can be clocked considerably faster than parallel links in order to achieve a higher data rate. Several factors allow serial to be clocked at a higher rate: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clock_skew" title="Clock skew">Clock skew</a> between different channels is not an issue (for unclocked <a href="/wiki/Asynchronous_serial_communication" title="Asynchronous serial communication">asynchronous serial communication</a> links). This can be caused by mismatched wire or conductor lengths.<sup id="cite_ref-cse378-lecture-24_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cse378-lecture-24-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A serial connection requires fewer interconnecting cables (e.g., wires/fibers) and hence occupies less space. The extra space allows for better isolation of the channel from its surroundings.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosstalk" title="Crosstalk">Crosstalk</a> is less of an issue, because there are fewer conductors in proximity.<sup id="cite_ref-cse378-lecture-24_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cse378-lecture-24-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Budgets for power use, power dissipation, cable cost, component cost, IC die area, PC board area, ESD protection, etc. can be focused on a single link.</li></ul> <p>The transition from parallel to serial buses was allowed by <a href="/wiki/Moore%27s_law" title="Moore's law">Moore's law</a> which allowed for the incorporation of SerDes in integrated circuits.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An electrical serial link only requires a pair of wires, whereas a parallel link requires several. Thus serial links can save on costs (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Bill_of_Materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill of Materials">Bill of Materials</a>). <a href="/wiki/Differential_signalling" title="Differential signalling">Differential signalling</a> uses length-matched wires or conductors and are used in high speed serial links.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Length-matching is easier to perform on serial links as they require fewer conductors. </p><p>In many cases, serial is cheaper to implement than parallel. Many <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">ICs</a> have serial interfaces, as opposed to parallel ones, so that they have fewer pins and are therefore less expensive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_architectures">Examples of architectures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serial_communication&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Examples of architectures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARINC_818" title="ARINC 818">ARINC 818</a> Avionics Digital Video Bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari_SIO" title="Atari SIO">Atari SIO</a> (Joe Decuir credits his work on Atari SIO as the basis of USB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binary_Synchronous_Communications" title="Binary Synchronous Communications">Binary Synchronous Communications</a> BSC - Binary Synchronous Communications</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAN_bus" title="CAN bus">CAN</a> Control Area Network Vehicle Bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CcTalk" title="CcTalk">ccTalk</a> Used in the money transaction and point-of-sale industry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CoaXPress" title="CoaXPress">CoaXPress</a> industrial camera protocol over Coax</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DMX512" title="DMX512">DMX512</a> control of theatrical lighting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fibre_Channel" title="Fibre Channel">Fibre Channel</a> (high-speed, for connecting computers to mass storage devices)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FireWire" class="mw-redirect" title="FireWire">FireWire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HDMI" title="HDMI">HDMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HyperTransport" title="HyperTransport">HyperTransport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InfiniBand" title="InfiniBand">InfiniBand</a> (very high speed, broadly comparable in scope to <a href="/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect" title="Peripheral Component Interconnect">PCI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C2%B2C" title="I²C">I²C</a> multidrop serial bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> control of electronic musical instruments</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIL-STD-1553" title="MIL-STD-1553">MIL-STD-1553A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morse_code" title="Morse code">Morse code</a> <a href="/wiki/Telegraphy" title="Telegraphy">telegraphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PCI_Express" title="PCI Express">PCI Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Profibus" title="Profibus">Profibus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-232" title="RS-232">RS-232</a> (low-speed, implemented by <a href="/wiki/Serial_port" title="Serial port">serial ports</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-422" title="RS-422">RS-422</a> multidrop serial bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-423" title="RS-423">RS-423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-485" title="RS-485">RS-485</a> multidrop multimaster serial bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDI-12" title="SDI-12">SDI-12</a> industrial sensor protocol</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SERCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="SERCOM">SERCOM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_ATA" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial ATA">Serial ATA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_Attached_SCSI" title="Serial Attached SCSI">Serial Attached SCSI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shift_Register" class="mw-redirect" title="Shift Register">Shift Register</a> with serial-in and serial-out configuration</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SONET" class="mw-redirect" title="SONET">SONET</a> and <a href="/wiki/Synchronous_Optical_Networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchronous Optical Networking">SDH</a> (high speed telecommunication over optical fibers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceWire" title="SpaceWire">SpaceWire</a> Spacecraft communication network</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial Peripheral Interface Bus">SPI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-carrier" title="T-carrier">T-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/E-carrier" title="E-carrier">E-1</a> and variants (high speed telecommunication over copper pairs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Serial Bus">Universal Serial Bus</a> (for connecting peripherals to computers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNI/O" title="UNI/O">UNI/O</a> multidrop serial bus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1-Wire" title="1-Wire">1-Wire</a> multidrop serial bus</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serial_communication&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8N1" class="mw-redirect" title="8N1">8N1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asynchronous_serial_communication" title="Asynchronous serial communication">Asynchronous serial communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_synchronous_and_asynchronous_signalling" title="Comparison of synchronous and asynchronous signalling">Comparison of synchronous and asynchronous signalling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer bus">Computer bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Data transmission">Data transmission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_pattern" title="Eye pattern">Eye pattern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Standard_1037C" title="Federal Standard 1037C">Federal Standard 1037C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-Level_Data_Link_Control" title="High-Level Data Link Control">High-Level Data Link Control</a> (HDLC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths" class="mw-redirect" title="List of device bandwidths">List of device bandwidths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIL-STD-188" title="MIL-STD-188">MIL-STD-188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial Peripheral Interface Bus">Serial Peripheral Interface Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_port" title="Serial port">Serial port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronous_serial_communication" title="Synchronous serial communication">Synchronous serial communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receiver/transmitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter">Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter</a> (UART)</li></ul> 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Packt Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-80323-823-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-80323-823-4"><bdi>978-1-80323-823-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+Computer+Architecture+and+Organization%3A+Learn+x86%2C+ARM%2C+and+RISC-V+architectures+and+the+design+of+smartphones%2C+PCS%2C+and+cloud+servers&rft.pub=Packt+Publishing&rft.date=2022-05-04&rft.isbn=978-1-80323-823-4&rft.aulast=Ledin&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.au=Farley%2C+Dave&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBxptEAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerial+communication" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="6b/8b encoding">6b/8b encoding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8b/10b_encoding" title="8b/10b encoding">8b/10b encoding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64b/66b_encoding" title="64b/66b encoding">64b/66b encoding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eight-to-fourteen_modulation" title="Eight-to-fourteen modulation">Eight-to-fourteen modulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delay_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Delay encoding">Delay/Miller encoding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TC-PAM" title="TC-PAM">TC-PAM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Optical line codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrier-suppressed_return-to-zero" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier-suppressed return-to-zero">Carrier-suppressed return-to-zero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternate-phase_return-to-zero" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternate-phase 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