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parallel port

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noun

  1. computing (on a computer) a socket that can be used for connecting devices that send and receive data at more than one bit at a time; often used for connecting printers

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It is glacially slow at the best of times, and due to being a parallel port model, locks up my whole computer during the scan.

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