> On 2 Feb 2001, 6:40, tariqa wrote:
>
> > What is COM ? Is it some thing like html or asp.
>
> It can be an abbreviation for several things. In part, I am borrowing
> from PCWebopedia here:
>
> (1) In DOS systems, the name of a serial communications port. DOS
> supports four serial ports: COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4. However, most
> software uses system interrupts to access the serial ports, and there
> are only two IRQ lines reserved. This means that the four COM ports
> share the same two IRQ lines. Typically, COM1 and COM3 use IRQ4, while
> COM2 and COM4 use IRQ3. So in general, if you have two devices, one of
> which is attached to COM1 and the other to COM3, you cannot use them
> simultaneously.
>
> (2) Abbreviation of Component Object Model
Given the context in which he asked ("Is it some thing like html or
asp"), this is the likely answer.
For much more information--way more than you probably ever want to
know--go to Microsoft's main COM page at
http://www.microsoft.com/com/
In addition, if you are an MSDN subscriber, there is a tremendous
amount of information available on the MSDN CDs.
> (3) .com is a generic TLD (Top Level Domain), which indicates a
> "commercial" or "company" domain.
>
>
> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
