19 votes 19 votes In serial data transmission, every byte of data is padded with a $'0'$ in the beginning and one or two $'1'$s at the end of byte because: receiver is to be synchronized for byte reception receiver recovers lost $'0'$s and $'1'$s from these padded bits padded bits are useful in parity computation none of the above Computer Networks gatecse-2002 computer-networks serial-communication easy out-of-gate-syllabus + – Kathleen asked Sep 15, 2014 • edited Jun 20, 2018 by Milicevic3306 Kathleen 5.5k views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 29 votes 29 votes Answer (A) In serial communication in beginning $'0'$ is padded as start bit and one or two $'1'$s are padded as stop bit. and those bits are for synchronize receiver http://esd.cs.ucr.edu/labs/serial/serial.html srestha answered Dec 22, 2015 • edited Oct 29, 2018 by Krithiga2101 srestha comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Utsav09 commented Jan 5, 2018 reply Follow Share the stop bits can be 1 or 2 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
–1 votes –1 votes answer must be (D) -bcoz reciever is to be synchronized for bit reception not for byte reception abhishek14893 answered Sep 7, 2016 abhishek14893 comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.