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LOSSARY
XON/XOFF
Standard ASCII control characters used to tell a device to stop/resume
transmitting data. In most systems typing <Ctrl>-S sends the XOFF
character. Some devices, including the Courier V.Everything modem,
understand <Ctrl>-Q as XON; others interpret the pressing of any key
after <Ctrl>-S as XON.
YMODEM
An error-correcting file transfer protocol that is related to, but faster
than, XMODEM.
ZMODEM
An error-correcting file transfer protocol that is related to, but faster
than, XMODEM or YMODEM.
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