^
David S.Lawyer and Greg Hankins.
"Serial HOWTO".
Section "20.4 Forming a Byte (Framing)".
2011.
quote:
"... a start bit and a stop bit to mark the beginning and end of a byte. This is called framing ...
Don't confuse this type of framing with the framing used for a packet of bytes on a network."
^
MATLAB External Interfaces.
Section "Serial Data Format".
quote:
"... one start bit... parity bit ... stop bit[s] ... called framing bits because they frame the data bits."
^RFC1661 "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)"
quote:
"A packet is usually mapped to a frame;
the exceptions are when data link layer fragmentation is being performed, or when multiple packets are incorporated into a single frame."