byte-oriented protocol

A text-oriented synchronous communications protocol that handles only full

bytes or characters of text, thereby requiring an entire byte to communicate a command signal to the target station. Control characters are embedded in the header and trailer of each data byte or block. As byte-oriented protocols are overhead-intensive, they are used exclusively in older computer protocols at the Data Link Layer. Byte-oriented protocols generally are synchronous and half-duplex (HDX) in nature, and operate over dial-up, two-wire circuits. Bisynchronous Communications (BSC) is an example of a byte-oriented protocol. See also bit-oriented protocol, block, BSC, Data Link Layer, dial-up access, overhead, synchronous, synchronous transmission, and two-wire circuit.

• BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
• bridge
• bridged tap
• British Standard Gauge (BSG)
• broadband
• broadband integrated services digital network (B-ISDN)
• broadband ISDN (B-ISDN)
• broadband ISDN intercarrier interface (B-ICI)
• broadband over power line (BPL)
• Broadband Passive Optical Network (BPON)
• Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN)
• broadband switching system (BSS)
• Broadband User Network Interface (B-UNI)
• broadband wireless access (BWA)
• broadcast
• broadcast and unknown server (BUS)
• broadcast quality
• broadcast radio
• broadcast television
• brochureware
• brochureware
• broomsticking
• broomsticking
• Brown and Sharp (B&S) Wire Gauge
• brownfield