1. In telephony, synonym handoff. [After T
1. Rpt34-1994]
2. The transfer (permanent or temporary) of a component or series of components to another application process. [T1.110-1987]
3. The automatic rerouting of the radio portion of a call for signal quality, traffic management, or other reasons. [T
1. Rpt21-1993] [T
1. Rpt22-1993]

1. In data communications, a sequence of events governed by hardware or software, requiring mutual agreement of the state of the operational modes prior to information exchange.
2. The process used to establish communications parameters between two stations.
Note: Handshaking follows the establishment of a circuit between the stations and precedes information transfer. It is used to agree upon such… (Read More →)

[The] dialogue between two information systems for synchronizing, identifying, and authenticating themselves to one another. [INFOSEC-99]

Calling- or called-user placement of a telephone set or other unit of telecommunications equipment in the quiescent state. [T1.104-1988]

An on-hook signal sent from an end office toward the disconnect-control office indicating either calling or called user hang-up and requesting the connection be disconnected. The interface remains dedicated to the call until the disconnect-control office responds to the hang-up signal. [T1.104-1988]

Synonym tailing.

In computer graphics and in telecommunications, a permanent reproduction, on any media suitable for direct use by a person, of displayed or transmitted data.
Note 1: Examples of hard copy include teletypewriter pages, continuous printed tapes, facsimile pages, computer printouts, and radiophoto prints.
Note 2: Magnetic tapes, diskettes, and nonprinted punched paper tapes are not hard copy.

A flat, circular, rigid plate with a magnetizable surface on one or both sides of which data can be stored.
Note: A hard disk is distinguished from a diskette by virtue of the fact that it is rigid. Early in the development of computer technology, hard disks, often multiple disks mounted on a common spindle, were interchangeable and removable from… (Read More →)

See limiting.

In magnetic or optical disk storage, sectoring that uses a physical mark on the disk, from which mark sector locations are referenced.
Note: Hard sectoring may be done, for example, by punching an index hole in a floppy diskette. When the presence of the index hole is recognized by an optical reader, a reference signal is generated. All sector locations… (Read More →)