RETURN 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)

DEC DDCMP Protocol

 

FAX Machine Protocol