G
LOSSARY
101
Xmodem
The first of a family of
error control
software
protocols
used to transfer files between
modems. These protocols are in the public
domain and are available from many bulletin
board services.
XON/XOFF
Standard
ASCII
control
characters
used to
tell an intelligent device to stop/resume
transmitting data.
Ymodem
An error-checking
protocol
that can send
several files of data at a time in 1024-
byte
(1K) blocks. This protocol can use either
checksums or CRC for error checking.
Ymodem G
Similar to
Ymodem
, except it includes no error
checking, which makes it faster.
Zmodem
Similar to
Xmodem
and
Ymodem
, except it
includes batch transfer, the ability to recover
from a partially complete transfer, an autostart
feature, and improved efficiency.