Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 8N1 is common shorthand for "eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit", the most common configuration for serial lines, e.g. EIA-232. See also: Jargon This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.