WXMODEM
Encyclopedia
WXmodem, short for "Windowed Xmodem", is a variant of the Xmodem
file transfer
protocol developed by Peter Boswell optimized for high-latency
data links. It supports block sizes of up to 512 bytes.
XMODEM
XMODEM is a simple file transfer protocol developed as a quick hack by Ward Christensen for use in his 1977 MODEM.ASM terminal program. XMODEM became extremely popular in the early bulletin board system market, largely because it was so simple to implement...
file transfer
File transfer
File transfer is a generic term for the act of transmitting files over a computer network or the Internet. There are numerous ways and protocols to transfer files over a network. Computers which provide a file transfer service are often called file servers. Depending on the client's perspective the...
protocol developed by Peter Boswell optimized for high-latency
Lag
Lag is a common word meaning to fail to keep up or to fall behind. In real-time applications, the term is used when the application fails to respond in a timely fashion to inputs...
data links. It supports block sizes of up to 512 bytes.