Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
handshake . - noun A
greeting byclasping hands. - noun computing A step in a
protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
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Examples
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There would be a brief interval of electronic 'handshaking' and error correction; then the picture would return and ROV 3's pilot, four kilometers above, could resume progress.
The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990
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There would be a brief interval of electronic 'handshaking' and error correction; then the picture would return and ROV 3's pilot, four kilometers above, could resume progress.
The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990
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Already, she says, image consultants are targeting job fairs, both as paid gigs offering lessons on etiquette such as handshaking and as fertile ground for finding new clients.
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Already, she says, image consultants are targeting job fairs, both as paid gigs offering lessons on etiquette such as handshaking and as fertile ground for finding new clients.
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It must be some kind of handshaking issue caused by the TV.
Home Theater Forum czap2364 2010
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Physicists at New York University have created "handshaking" particles that link together based on their shape rather than randomly.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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Our hypothetical power company would need to develop some kind of handshaking protocol, so an appliance could prove to the grid that it was manufactured by "approved" manufacturers.
Techdirt 2009
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Caution parishioners to limit or even temporarily suspend or modify (i.e. bowing at the Sign of Peace) ritual actions such as handshaking, kissing or other close proximity during Mass, confirmation or graduation ceremonies, etc.
Classified Ads 2009
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Caution parishioners to limit or even temporarily suspend or modify (i.e. bowing at the Sign of Peace) ritual actions such as handshaking, kissing or other close proximity during Mass, confirmation or graduation ceremonies, etc.
Classified Ads 2009
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Integrating OMAC's PackML and Packtag standards into an automation solution reduces the burden of "handshaking" between PLCs on a coordinated line.
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