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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

handshake

The exchange of signals between devices to establish their readiness to send or receive data, e.g. the transmission of data from a computer to a printer. Handshaking is one of a number of methods of ensuring that both the sender and receiver are ready before transmission begins.

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