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Glossary
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T.30: A standard for fax transfers.
TAE6: A standard for a telephone wall outlet used in some countries, particularly in
Germany.
Germany.
ter: Old French word for three.
Terminal equipment: A computer running terminal software is used as terminal
equipment in modem connections.
equipment in modem connections.
Terminal program: A program which emulates the operation of a hardware terminal on a
computer's screen and keyboard.
computer's screen and keyboard.
Token: A token is a reencoding of information in less bits; basically an abbreviation.
Transfer mode: Data can be transferred either synchronouosly or asynchronously.
Transfer rate: The speed at which the data bits are effectively transferred.
UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter; a special IC chip which
controls the serial port. Different models are available for PCs. Models with an internal
buffer usually allow higher transfer rates.
controls the serial port. Different models are available for PCs. Models with an internal
buffer usually allow higher transfer rates.
V.: The ITU-TSS V.-standards describe data transfer via telephone lines.
Western jack: Telephone wall outlet connector used in the USA and other countries.
X.: The ITU-TSS X.-standards describe data transfer in public data networks.
XModem: A widely used, though somewhat aged, file transfer protocol. The use of 128
byte data blocks severely limits the achievable throughput.
byte data blocks severely limits the achievable throughput.
XON/XOFF: Software flow control. The data flow is stopped by sending ASCII character
Control-Q (dec. 17; hex $11) and restarted by Control-S (dec. 19; hex $13).
Control-Q (dec. 17; hex $11) and restarted by Control-S (dec. 19; hex $13).
YModem: A file transfer protocol which uses data blocks of 1 Kbyte and transfers
filenames and more than one file in one transfer.
filenames and more than one file in one transfer.
ZModem: A file transfer protocol with variable block size, reinitiation of aborted transfers
and transfer of several files in one transfer along with file (and path) names.
and transfer of several files in one transfer along with file (and path) names.