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Handshaking

To perform a handshake; to shake hands.

📖 Definitions of "Handshaking"

verb
  1. 1

    To perform a handshake; to shake hands.

  2. 2

    To perform a handshake with another device.

noun
  1. 1

    A greeting by clasping hands.

    "A round of handshakings followed the introductions."

  2. 2

    A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.

    "I waited for the modems to finish their handshaking so I could start transferring the file."

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