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In asynchronous transmission, any of the bits that actually comprise the data. Usually, 7 or 8 bits are grouped together.Serial communication sends information in a stream of bits called a frame. Each frame consists of a start bit, data bits, an optional parity bit, and a stop bit. The parity bit is set to 0 or 1 so that the sum of the data bits is even or odd.

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