Handshake
Term used to describe the process of one computer establishing a connection with another computer or device. The handshake is often the steps of verifying the connection, the speed, or the authorization of the computer trying to connect to it. An example of handshaking is when a modem connects to another
modem; the tones heard after the dialing is the handshake and can be thought of as the computers greeting each other.
Also see: Modem definitions, Network definitions