One of your customers needs to move their old printer from one computer to another, and they tell you that this printer uses a parallel port to interface to the computer. How many pins does the parallel port have on the computer’s motherboard?
A) 9
B) 15
C) 25
D) 36
The answer: C) 25
The parallel port is most commonly seen as a female DB-25 connector. Older devices may also use a 25-pin connector for the serial port, but those are commonly differentiated as male connectors on the back of the computer.
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