#Serial definition serial#
#Serial definition series#

The main difference is that with TV series, each episode is more or less a complete story, and screenplays are often created / contributed by a number of authors, while serials are usually based on works of literature - fiction, (for example on a novel by a single author). This would also require the Serial.print () function. Most often, you’ll need to use Serial.begin () when you want to print something to your computer screen from your Arduino.

#Serial definition serial#

Serial communication is one way to allow to devices to talk to each other.

#Serial definition series#

So TV series are everything, from popular sitcoms (Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men), criminal drama (NYPD, Navy CSI, 911, Law and Order.), to documentary series and other shows (Property Brothers etc.) They're all categorized as series. Serial.begin () is used to establish serial communication. Series can be anything, from sitcoms, action/drama, docudrama, documentaries, music shows, entertainment. A serial is a story which is broadcast on television or radio or is published in a magazine or newspaper in a number of parts over a period of time. Scientists made serial observations over a period of two weeks. Mini series rarely have more than 2 or 3 parts. always used before a noun 1 : arranged or happening in a series The pictures are numbered and arranged in serial order. Serials are almost always works of fiction, they consist of xy number of episodes, and each episode tells just one part of the plot, usually leaving viewers in suspense until the next episode. Popularized in English in reference to Dickens' novels, which were first published over time in periodicals (as opposed to all at once in a book). French srial also seems to originate around 1840. In terms of TV production, serials are actually older than series (The Forsyte Saga, 1967 Lost in Space and the like to the more recent Downton Abbey). serial (adj.) 'arranged or disposed in a rank or row forming part of a series coming in regular succession,' 1840, from series + -al (1). Ambitious_ph1lologist nailed it, his definition is absolutely correct. Put simply: a series is a collection of books that all belong to the same franchise but can be read in any order (because they’re each a different, self-contained story even if they connect with one another), whereas a serial is an ongoing narrative which the audience has to read in the correct order so as to follow the plot (so a different.