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metachannels

metachannels is the plural of metachannel.

Meaning of metachannel

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

Questions about metachannels

What is metachannels the plural of?
Metachannels is the plural of metachannel.

Words near metachannels in the dictionary

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

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