start out

v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We

began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working

as soon as the sun rises!" [syn: {begin}, {get}, {start},

{set about}, {set out}, {commence}] [ant: {end}]

2: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {depart}, {part},

{start}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set out}, {take off}]

start bit

A {bit} which signals the start of transmission of

a character on a {serial line}. For an {RS-423} signal, the

line is normally at logical zero which there is no data and

the start bit is a logical one. The zero-one transition tells

the receiver when to start sampling the signal to extract the

data bits.

[Is this upside-down?]

(1995-02-02)