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Data Communications Protocols

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

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