Bisync

/ˈbaɪ.sɪŋk/ noun

Definition

A data communication protocol that synchronizes binary data transmission between computers, ensuring messages are sent and received correctly.

Etymology

Short for 'binary synchronous communication,' combining 'binary' (Latin binarius, two) and 'synchronous' (Greek syn-, together, and chronos, time). Developed in the 1960s for IBM mainframe computers.

Kelly Says

Bisync was revolutionary because it solved a critical problem: how do you know when a message starts and stops in a stream of 1s and 0s? It was like inventing punctuation for computer conversations.

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