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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>handshaking</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="handle.html" title="handle"/><link rel="next" href="handwave.html" title="handwave"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">handshaking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="handle.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handwave.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="handshaking"/><dt xmlns="" id="handshaking"><b>handshaking</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] Hardware or software activity designed to start or
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keep two machines or programs in synchronization as they
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<a href="../D/do-protocol.html"><i class="glossterm">do protocol</i></a>. Often applied to human activity; thus, a hacker
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might watch two people in conversation nodding their heads to indicate that
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they have heard each others' points and say “<span class="quote">Oh, they're
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handshaking!</span>”. See also <a href="../P/protocol.html"><i class="glossterm">protocol</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="handle.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handwave.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">handle </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> handwave</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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