Question

What is the difference between a network and a serial interface?

Answer 1

A computer network means collection of autonomous computers interconnected by a single technology. Two computers are said to be interconnected if they are able to exchange information. Networks come in many shapes, sizes and forms.

A serial interface is a universal asynchronous transmitter and receiver. It uses a non zero return format which is not inherently self-synchronizing. The baud rate is programable to synchronize capturing and sending data.

Both the transmitter and receiver are double buffered to handle back to back characters. The transmitter and receiver are independent, but always use same baud rate and data format.