handshake
Also handshaking. 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.
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How to use handshake in a sentence
An email newsletter is a great digital handshake between a consumer and a publisher….
The New York Times aims to convert newsletter readers into paid subscribers as The Morning newsletter tops 1 billion opens | Sara Guaglione | February 10, 2021 | DigidayButler and Wise still perform a handshake that ends with them pretending to shoot a Kamehameha wave at each other.
A love for ‘Dragon Ball Z’ has infiltrated NFL locker rooms | Kyle Melnick | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostTheir value is a product of digital handshakes over millions of transactions firming up that consensus.
I was warned by other midshipmen that I would fail on the spot if I initiated a handshake.
How a Nuclear Submarine Officer Learned to Live in Tight Quarters - Issue 94: Evolving | Steve Weiner | December 30, 2020 | NautilusIt is the shop clerk’s smile, the salesman’s hearty handshake, because the audience now is a customer base, and the customer is always right.
Art has been brutalized by tech’s giants. How can it survive? | Konstantin Kakaes | December 23, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.
Andrew Cuomo Can't Ignore It Now: He's Weak Even at Home | David Freedlander | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGeorge offers a firm handshake and stays present with each fan for the moment or two that they have his attention.
Forget matters strategic, you may say; banish from your head all thoughts of a military or security handshake.
John Kerry Just Visited. But Should We Just Forget About India? | Tunku Varadarajan | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Get your act together,” we said real manfully like, eye to eye, with a firm handshake.
Case in point: the TV deals they had completed for the two previous seasons had been done via handshake.
He stretched out a hand in silence and gave me a hearty handshake; and I shook the reins and thundered up the road to Staunton.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterThey exchanged the hearty, lingering handshake of trusty friendship and deep affection.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdAs far as sentiments go, the cable is by chalks the heartiest handshake we poor relations to the West have had since we started.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonThey have a nodding-from-a-motor-acquaintance with it but I like a real handshake-friendship with it.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersThere was nothing of genuine American heartiness in the handshake he gave Frank.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for handshake
/ (ˈhændˌʃeɪk) /
the act of grasping and shaking a person's hand, as when being introduced or agreeing on a deal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with handshake
see golden handshake.
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