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metachannel

metachannel noun: a transmission channel used for event notifications rather than actual data.

Noun

metachannel (plural metachannels)

  1. A transmission channel used for event notifications rather than actual data.
    • Bayeux contains three types of channels: metachannels, service, and normal channels. Metachannels are created by the Bayeux server. Metachannels give information about events, such as handshake errors, connection, disconnection, and reconnection.2010, Oswald Campesato, Kevin Nilson, Web 2.0 Fundamentals, page 572
    • The cipher_ID and digest_ID are the OpenSSL cipher and digest types—Blowfish and SHA1 by default—that this node will use for the data channel and also to encrypt the metachannel.2015, Jon C. Snader, VPNs Illustrated: Tunnels, VPNs, and IPsec, pages 8–25

Forms of metachannel

pluralmetachannels

Origin of metachannel

From meta- + channel.

Questions about metachannel

What does metachannel mean?
Metachannel means a transmission channel used for event notifications rather than actual data.
What part of speech is metachannel?
Metachannel is a noun.
What is the plural of metachannel?
The plural of metachannel is metachannels.

Words near metachannel in the dictionary

  1. metacestode
  2. metacestodes
  3. metacetic
  4. metacetone
  5. metacetyl
  6. metachannel
  7. metachannels
  8. metacharacter
  9. metacharacters
  10. metacharities
  11. metacharity

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