#what is LPT port

We all might have hazy memory of this stuff, but ever wondered what are these ports for? See first the list of ports below then make your intelligent guesses on what they do.   LPT or “Line Print Terminal” is the logical name assigned to parallel port #1 in old PCs. This is not present in modern PCs anymore but back then, up to three parallel ports can be designated with LPT1 as default (consecutively LPT2, LPT3). [caption id="attachment_300370" align="aligncenter" width="275"] A Line Print Terminal (LPT) Port[/caption]   Serial port (also known as RS-232). Science and technology are always advancing, and only time would tell when some other ports would go away and what ports are to be introduced in the not-so-distant future. In my travels abroad in the last three years, I've gone thru dozens of airports and only a few of them are really what I could call "blogger-friendly". Read more in our articles including "What are These Ancient PC Ports For?" and "Blogger-Friendly Airports".