What is the difference between a UART port and a serial port on a computer?

What is the difference, if any, between the UART port and the serial port on the computer?

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UART is the abbreviation of universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter, the name of the chip that allows a computer to communicate via a serial line (for example, RS-232, RS-485, RS-422).

The serial port is an RS-232 interface (internally connected to the UART) of the computer.

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As @SurDin explained a few more points, I want to add 1.UART takes data in parallel and helps transfer the shift register by bits or takes data by bits and reorganizes them in parallel form via a communication channel such as RS-232, RS-485, RS -422.
2.UART has a baud rate generator, transmitter and receiver.
3. The pulse speed generator receives synchronization either with an internal clock or an external source.
Communication media associated with a serial port that is internally connected to a UART controller.

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1285994/


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