Operation Manual

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communication (SMTP). TCP/IP is currently available for
nearly all system platforms. TCP/IP thus offers the invaluable
advantage of smooth communication between networks and
computer systems that are actually incompatible.
Transfer protocol
A transmission protocol is a standardized agreement about
the modalities of data exchange between two computers
communicating with each other. Transfer protocols control
such elements as the block size used during data transmis-
sion, and they determine the procedure followed when
transmission errors occur. The best known transmission pro-
tocols include TCP/IP, XModem and ZModem.