The ASYNCHRONOUS Transmission is a format to transfer data in a form of procedure or protocol in which each information that is CHARACTER or BYTE is individually syncd or or sent is form of FRAME by the use of Start and Stop Elements, also referred to as START BITS and STOP BITS. The Asynchronous Transmission Format is also known as START-STOP mode or CHARACTER mode. Each character or byte is framed as a separate and independent unit of DATA that may be transmitted and received at irregular and independent time intervals. The characters or bytes may also be transmitted as a contiguous stream or series of characters. The character or byte may contain the number of bits required to allow translation of the BIT PATTERN into a group of symbols used to represent: LETTERS (alpha characters), NUMBERS (numerical values), PUNCTUATION MARKS and CONTROL ELEMENTS.
