Auto Answer; Asynchronous Transmission; Auto Dial - 3Com 000839-08 Manual

ASCII
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange. A code used to represent letters,
numbers, and special characters such as $, !,
and /.

asynchronous transmission

Data transmission in which the length of time
between transmitted characters may vary.
Because characters may not be transmitted at
set intervals, start/stop bits are used to mark
the beginning and end of each character.
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LOSSARY

auto answer

Sets the modem to pick up the phone line
when it detects a certain number of rings. See
S-register S0 in the "Technical Quick
Reference."

auto dial

A process where your modem dials a call for
you. The dialing process is initiated by sending
an ATDT (dial tone) or ATDP (dial pulse)
command followed by the telephone number.
Auto dial is used to dial voice numbers. See
command Dn.