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 | | A handshaking signal from the receiving device tells the transmitter "I am ready for data" or "I am not ready for data." These signals are optional: the receiver may always be ready for data or may choose to simply discard data it couldn't process. |
 | | RTS/CTS handshaking and DTR/DSR handshaking are both referred to as hardware handshaking. |
 | | Another form of handshaking, XON/XOFF or software handshaking, requires that the receiver send a character (Control-S, ASCII 19) to halt data transfer and another character (Control-Q, ASCII 17) to resume transfer. |
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