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               PARAMETERS. =============
========================.. IN  ORDER   F
OR   TWO   COMPUTERS   TO.COMMUNICATE WI
TH EACH OTHER  THEY  MUST.BE SET TO THE 
SAME "PARAMETERS".  LET'S.LOOK AT THE DE
FINITION OF PARAMETER.  A.PARAMETER  IS 
 "A  LINE   OR   QUANTITY.SERVING TO DET
ERMINE ONE  POINT,  LINE,.FIGURE, OR QUA
NTITY OUT OF A  CLASS  OF.SUCH THINGS". 
WITH TELECOMMUNICATION WE.ARE  TAKING  A
  "QUANTITY  SERVING"  TO.DETERMINE "ONE
 POINT" OR  "FIGURE".  IF.EACH COMPUTER 
UNDERSTANDS THE "QUANTITY.SERVING"    TH
EN    COMMUNICATION    IS.SUCCESSFUL. IN
 ORDER FOR EACH  COMPUTER.TO UNDERSTAND 
THE "QUANTITY SERVING" IT.MUST BE SET  U
P  TO  SEND  AND  RECEIVE.CERTAIN CODING
. IF IT  RECEIVES  CODING.IT CAN'T  UNDE
RSTAND  THEN  INTERACTION.BETWEEN  THE  
TWO  COMPUTERS   IS   NOT.POSSIBLE.. NOW
  WHAT  DO  I  MEAN  BY   "QUANTITY.SERV
ING"? THE QUANTITY SERVING IS  MADE.UP O
F THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS USED  MY.MODE
MS   IN   TELECOMMUNICATION.   THEY.INCL
UDE BAUD RATE, DUPLEX, PARITY, WORD.LENG
TH AND  STOP  BITS.  LET'S  EXAMINE.EACH
 PARAMETER ONE AT A TIME..  BAUD RATE IS
 FAIRLY SIMPLE  SINCE  IT.ONLY DEALS WIT
H THE RATE OF SPEED  THAT.DATA IS SENT. 
WHEN YOU  ARE  USING  300.BAUD IT MEANS 
THAT THE  DATA  IS  BEING.SENT AT 300 BI
TS PER  SECOND.  AT  1200.BAUD  IT  IS  
SENT  AT  1200  BITS  PER.SECOND.. DUPLE
X DEALS WITH THE DIFFERENT  MODES.OF  "H
ANDSHAKING"  BETWEEN   COMPUTERS..HANDSH
AKING IS THE PROCESS  OF  SENDING.DATA  
AND  WAITING  FOR  THE  RECEIVING.COMPUT
ER TO  ACKNOWLEDGE  ITS  ARRIVAL..THE TW
O MODES OF DUPLEX  ARE  HALF  AND.FULL. 
WITH HALF  DUPLEX  THE  RECEIVING.COMPUT
ER ONLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT  HAS.RECEIV
ED DATA.  WITH  FULL  DUPLEX  THE.RECEIV
ING COMPUTER SENDS BACK EACH BYTE.IT  RE
CEIVES  TO  BE  VERIFIED  BY  THE.SENDER
. IF IT IS CORRECT THE NEXT  BYTE.IS SEN
T. IF IT IS NOT THEN THE BYTE  IS.RETRAN
SMITTED  UNTIL  IT  IS   RECEIVED.CORREC
TLY.. PARITY IS ANOTHER METHOD OF  VERIF
YING.TRANSMITTED DATA. SOME  COMPUTERS  
SEND.ALONG  AN  EXTRA  BIT  WITH  EACH  
BYTE.CALLED THE  PARITY  BIT.  THIS  ASS
URES.THAT EACH BYTE SENT IS COMPLETE. IF
 THE.TOTAL OF ALL THE ON  BITS  IS  AN  
EVEN.NUMBER THEN IT IS KNOWN AS ODD  PAR
ITY..IF THE TOTAL OF ALL THE ON BITS  IS
  AN.ODD NUMBER THEN IT IS EVEN  PARITY.
  IF.THE PARITY BIT IS NOT USED THEN  IT
  IS.KNOWN AS NO PARITY.. WORD LENGTH IS
 FAIRLY SIMPLE AS IT  IS.JUST THE NUMBER
 OF BITS PER BYTE.. STOP BITS, WHICH  AR
E  ALSO  KNOWN  AS.NULLBITS,   ARE   REQ
UIRED   BY    SOME.COMPUTERS. THESE ARE 
 USED  TO  CONFIRM.THE ENDING OF EACH BY
TE.. COMPUTERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH  
BIT.IT RECEIVES AND IF IT IS  NOT  PREPA
RED.TO RECEIVE A CERTAIN BIT THEN IT IS 
NOT.ABLE  TO  TRANSLATE   DATA   CORRECT
LY..THEREFORE  THE  PARAMETERS   ARE   V
ERY.IMPORTANT  IN   ORDER   FOR   THE   
TWO.COMPUTERS TO COMMUNICATE.. I HOPE TH
IS FILE HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND.THE DIFFERE
NT PARAMETERS THAT ALLOW TWO.COMPUTERS T
O COMMUNICATE..                         
JOHN CAMPBELL.                    AKA: J
OHN APPLE...
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