| | Smart Computing Dictionary Entry - Binary Synchronous Communications (BSC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Asynchronous communication is more efficient in large networks made of many computers sending small amounts of data because it doesn’t require a sustained connection between the sender and receiver, leaving network lines open for other transmissions in between each packet. |
 | | IBM developed BSC as a protocol for synchronous communication that is mostly used by mainframe networks transmitting large amounts of data, and requires both machines to synchronize their transmission rates (governed by their processor clocks) to work. |
 | | BSC sends each transmission with header and footer data that indicates the beginning and end of each transmission, and provides synchronization information, as well as specific information about transmitted data for error-checking purposes. |
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