
COMSPHERE 3800 Series Modems ± Model 3830
error control | An algorithm used to correct data transmission |
| errors. |
escape sequence | Default setting is +++. This sequence lets you |
| switch your modem from Data mode to Command |
| mode. |
extended result codes | An asynchronous message (in either numbers or |
| words) that includes VF data rate and error control |
| information the modem sends to the DTE after |
| executing or trying to execute a command. |
fax modem | A modem capable of emulating some features of a |
| fax machine. Working under the control of fax |
| software, a fax modem can communicate with a |
| fax machine or with another fax modem. |
fax software | A program or system of programs installed on a |
| computer that allow a fax modem to send and |
| receive facsimile images. |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission. Board of |
| Commissioners that regulates all interstate and |
| foreign electrical communication systems that |
| originate from the United States. |
Simultaneous, | |
Group III | A fax standard that specifies a rate of transmission |
| of about one page per minute. |
| one direction at a time. |
handshaking | The exchange of predetermined codes and signals |
| (tones) to establish a connection between two |
| modems. |
host | A computer attached to a network that shares its |
| information and devices with the rest of the |
| network. |
HDLC | |
| protocol defined by ISO. |
August 1998 |