The flow control method using the Xon and Xoff characters. This is a form of software handshaking, used to determine when data can be sent and/or recieved.
("X-on X-off") A form of flow control for data transmission where special X-ON and X-OFF characters are sent between your computer and the modem as opposed to the hardware technique using RTS/CTS commands.
A protocol for controlling the flow of data. Windows A distributed, network and device independent multitasking windowing and graphics system originally developed at MIT for communications between X terminals and UNIX workstations. See the Inform X Windows menu.
An asynchronous communication protocol for the receiving station to control the flow of data from the transmitting station. When the receiving station cannot continue to receive any more data, as when its buffer is full, it transmits an XOFF (DC3) control character that tells the sender to stop. When the receiving station is again able to process more data, it transmits an XON (DC1) control character that tells the sender to resume transmission. This protocol is also referred to as software handshaking.
(Transmitter On/ Transmitter Off). Control character used for flow control, instructing a terminal to start transmission (X-ON) and end transmission (X-OFF).
Standard ASCII control characters used to tell an intelligent device to stop/resume transmitting data. In most systems typing -S sends the XOFF character. Some devices, including the Courier, understand -Q as XON; others interpret the pressing of any key after -S as XON.
A simple form of data transfer protocol which is used to control the flow of data. If the receiving system wishes to stop the transmission, for example, to save the data it has already received into a disc file, then it sends an XOFF signal to the host. When the sender receives an XOFF signal, it ceases transmission and will not resume until it receives an XON signal from the receiver. XOFF is usually the ASCII character 19 (CTRL-S) and XON is ASCII 17 (CTRL-Q).
XON/XOFF is software data flow communications protocol for controlling the flow of data between computers and other devices. X stands for transmitter. This is frequently referred to as "software flow control".