Editing COM (hardware interface) (section)

{{Short description|Computer serial port}}
[[Image:Serial plug1.jpg|thumb|COM port ([[DE-9]] connector).]]

'''COM''' (communication port)<ref>{{cite web|title=Configuring a communication port|url=http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.help.domino.admin.doc%2FDOC%2FH_SETTING_UP_A_COMMUNICATION_PORT_STEPS.html|publisher=IBM Lotus Domino and Notes Information Center|date=August 14, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917043522/http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.domino.admin.doc/DOC/H_SETTING_UP_A_COMMUNICATION_PORT_STEPS.html|archive-date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What Is a Com1 Port? |url=https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-is-a-com1-port |author=Stephen Byron Cooper |access-date=2021-09-30}}</ref> is the original, yet still common, name of the [[serial port]] interface on [[IBM PC compatible|PC-compatible computers]]. It can refer not only to physical ports, but also to [[Hardware emulation|emulated]] ports, such as ports created by [[Bluetooth]] or [[USB adapter]]s.