COM ports and USB data cards?

When I connect USB data cards windows assigns a COM port? Why is this happening? Are serieal devices USB devices? Why the COM ports assigned to the USB devices? What I know, it's USB ports and serial ports are different and they are there with a different set of standards.

In general, Yes.
(There are sometimes problems with things like USB adapters series converter when you use a device physically connected by a serial port, but it is a bit different).

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