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Networking Overview

 

Protocol Information

Webster’s dictionary defines protocol as: “a set of conventions governing the treatment and especially the formatting of data in an electronic communications system”. Simply put, a protocol allows electronic machines to communicate properly with one another.

Transmission Modes

Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Transmission

 

Character-Oriented Protocols

IBM Bisync Protocol (BSC)

• Bisync Overview
• Control Characters
• Control Sequences
• Error Control Procedures

DEC DDCMP Protocol

• DDCMP Overview
• Protocol Specifications (courtesy DEC)

 

FAX Machine Protocol

• An overview of FAX technology
• ITU Facsimile Standards
• FAX Call Procedures
• FAX HDLC Protocol Overview