A device that already includes a standard serial port, for example, can connect to a LAN or WLAN so it can communicate with other devices and let people remotely control it, make measurements, and ...

But this spreadsheet has a rather powerful scripting language hidden away inside it, which can, with a little coding, be used to send and receive data over your serial port (Internet Archive Link ...

An image from H.D. Moore's presentation on serial server security vulnerabilities, showing an oil and gas infrastructure setup networked with serial port connections. (Click to enlarge.) You ...