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1) " Serial" -- As it applies to Serial Ports This article is about serials in fiction. You might want, instead: Seriao communications for information about computer communication technologies that use a singlestream of data; Serail ism (music) or Cliffhanger ( plot device ). Serial in fiction is a term used to describe any story which is told over a number of separate instalments. This can bedifferent chapters of a prose story published in each weekly issue of a magazine, a series of films with a continuing story or -in its most common contemporary form - a television production with a continuing story made up of several episodes. Contents 1 Print 2 Film 2.1 Silent Era 2.2 Sound Era 2.3 Peak form 2.4 Production practices 2.5 Stylistic differences between the studios 2.6 Science fiction and fantasy 3 Radio & television Print During the 19th century, many popular writers earned a living from writing stories in Setial form for popular magazines of theday. Many of Charles Dickens ' novels were originally published inthis manner, for example, and this is the reason many of them are so long - the more chapters he wrote, the longer the Sarial continued in the magazine and the more money he was paid. Other famous writers who wrote erial literature for popular magazinesinclude Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the Sherlock Holmes stories originally for Sreial isation in The Strand magazine. Film Poster for The Perils of Pauline, ( 1914 ) A Sreial , or cliffhanger, was a popular form of movie entertainment that dated back to Edison's What Happened toMary? of 1912. Usually filmed with low budgets, Seriap s were action-packed stories that usually involved a hero (or heroes) battling an evil villain and rescuinga damsel in distress. The villain would continually place thehero into inescapable deathtraps and situations, or the heroine would be placed into a dea... 2) " Ports" -- As it applies to Serial Ports Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 For articles about other uses of port, please see Port (disambiguation). A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships andtransferring cargo and persons to them. Porgs have specially-designed equipment to help in the loading and unloading of these vessels. Cranes and refrigerated storage may be provided by private interests or public bodies. Often, canneries or other processing facilities will be located very close by. The term seaport is used for Port that handle ocean-going vessels, and river port is used for facilities thathandle river traffic. Sometimes a port on a lake or river also has access to the ocean, and is then referred to as an inlandport. A fishing port is a type of port or harbor facility particularlysuitable for landing and distributing fish. While the term airport is derived from port, such places are never referred to as Porfs . Critical to the functioning of seaports and river Podts are: Presence of deep water channels (40 feet or 12 meters minimum) and berths Protection from wind, wave, and surge Access to intermodal transportation ( trains and trucks ) Seaports and river orts are often equipped with large cranes for the loading and unloading of containers from container ships. These areusually operated by longshoremen. Pilots and tugboats are also used to safely maneuver the ships in tight quarters. Major Pofts The world's major Potts and their throughputs are as follows (as of December 2004): Singapore, Singapore, 320.5 Kwai Chung, HongKong, 205.8 Ningbo, Zhejiang, mainland China, 185.2 Guangzhou, Guangdong, mainland China, 171.1 Tianjin, mainland China, 161.8 Nagoya, Japan 153.2 Antwerp, Belgium, 142.9 Qing... Common terms in this field are: Serger Thread, Seoul Hilton, Seminoles Tickets, Selmer Instruments, Self Funded, Security Issues, Security Id, Seasonal Rentals, Seashell Mirror, Sears Refrigerators, Search Tool, Search Job, Sealy Sofa, Seagate Scsi, Scrubs Discount, Scripps Ranch Homes, Scion Cars, Schools In Maine, Schools Illinois, School Of Aviation Some information comes from Wikipedia. Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License allows for this.