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 | | Data lines use a “negative” voltage logic, meaning that a negative voltage on the wire carrying the data signal (RD or TD on a nine-wire connection) is described as “On”, “Asserted”, “Mark”, “Marking”, “1” or “True.” Conversely, a positive voltage on the wire is interpreted as “Off”, “De-asserted”, “Space”, “Spacing”, “0” or “False.” |
 | | Within any byte of data, the receiver is actually applying a clock to measure the elements of the data transmission, and will sample the voltage level within the byte in a manner corresponding to the number of discrete bits of data it expects the byte, along with its framing and possible parity bits, to have. |
 | | The trigger level for the input buffer indicates the number of bytes of data required to be in that buffer before the driver is asked to collect them; the trigger level for the transmit buffer indicates the number of bytes of data remaining in that buffer before the driver is asked to refill it. |
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