Editing Start signal

{{Short description|Signal}}

In [[telecommunications]], a '''start signal''' is a [[Signaling (telecommunications)|signal]] that prepares a device to receive [[data]] or to perform a function. 

In [[asynchronous serial communication]], start signals are used at the beginning of a [[character (computing)|character]] that prepares the receiving device for the reception of the [[code]] elements. 

A start signal is limited to one [[signal element]] usually having the duration of a [[Unit interval (data transmission)|unit interval]]. 

==References==
*{{FS1037C MS188}}

[[Category:Telecommunications engineering]]


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