Data Circuit-terminating Equipment Data Communications Equipment This is the RS323 serial standard term for a computer or terminal. The standard envisaged that a DCE would be used to communicate with a DTE. A DCE is effectively a modem. A RS323 tutorial: http://www.camiresearch.com/Data_Com_Basics/RS232_standard.html Entry created: Wed Mar 26 19:53:44 EST 2003 Entry owner: Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com) Status: Finalized