RS-232 devices may be classified as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) or Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE); this defines at each device which wires will be sending and receiving each signal. According to the standard, male connectors have DTE pin functions, and female connectors have DCE pin functions.
Macaulay Culkin is NOT dead: Rumors about the former child star revealed to be false. A story that child star Macaulay Culkin had been found dead has proven to be false. Just seven months after a similar rumor found its way on the Internet, some outlets reported that the body of the Home Alone star was discovered in his New York City Apartment on Friday.
Email. Actor Peter Falk, who was best known for his role in the TV series Columbo, has died, according to a statement released by his family. He was 83. The statement said that Falk died peacefully at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home on the evening of June 23. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Shera, and two daughters from a previous marriage. A cause of death was not released. The actor had Alzheimer's disease and advanced dementia that intensified after a series of dental operations in 2007.