COMSPHERE 3800 Series Modems ± Model 3830

asynchronous

A data transmission that is synchronized by a

transmission

transmission start bit at the beginning of a

 

character (five to eight bits) and one or more stop

 

bits at the end.

AT command set

A group of commands, issued from an

 

asynchronous DTE, that allow control of the

 

modem while in Command mode. All commands

 

must begin with the characters AT and end with a

 

carriage return.

AT prefix

A prefix issued before every AT command (except

 

A/ and +++) which identifies the DTE's data rate,

 

parity, and character length.

autobaud

Modem automatically determines the

 

asynchronous DTE data rate when using AT

 

commands.

automatic answer

A capability to respond to a call received over a

 

dial line.

baud

A unit of signaling speed that is equal to the

 

number of symbols per second. This is not

 

necessarily the same as bits per second, although

 

the terms are frequently interchanged.

Bisync

Binary Synchronous Communications. An IBMr

 

communications protocol that has become an

 

industry standard. It uses a defined set of control

 

characters and control character sequences for

 

synchronized transmission of binary-coded data

 

between stations in a data communications

 

system.

bit

A contraction of binary digit. A bit, which is the

 

smallest unit of information, represents a one or a

 

zero (sometimes called mark or space).

bps

Bits per second. Indicates the speed at which bits

 

are transmitted across a data connection.

Glossary-2

August 1998

3830-A2-GB91-30

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