Understanding UART and Serial ​

UART stands for Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter, in electronics, this is the name of the chip that a computer uses to communicate over a serial line, including RS-232 and RS-485).

A serial port on a computer is connected to a UART, thus enabling serial communication

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/973982/what-is-the-difference-between-uart-port-and-serial-port-in-a-computer