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# A Signal that prepares a device to receive Data or to perform a function. ''Contrast with'' A-condition .
# In Asynchronous Serial Communication , a signal at the beginning of a Character that prepares the receiving device for the reception of the Code elements.

A start signal is limited to one Signal Element usually having the duration of a Unit Interval .

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188