noun
- a gripping and shaking of right hands by two individuals, as to symbolize greeting, congratulation, agreement, or farewell.
- Also hand·shak·ing. Computers. an exchange of predetermined signals between a computer and a peripheral device or another computer, made when a connection is initially established or at intervals during data transmission, in order to assure proper synchronization.
noun
- computing communication between a computer system and an external device, by which each tells the other that data is ready to be transferred, and that the receiver is ready to accept it
noun
- the act of grasping and shaking a person’s hand, as when being introduced or agreeing on a deal
1801, from hand (n.) + shake (n.). Hand-shaking is attested from 1805.
see golden handshake.