handshaking

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, [[handshake#Verb) .
  2. Noun.  A greeting by clasping hands.
  3. Noun.  (computing) A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.

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