释义 |
ˈhand-ˈshaking Shaking of hands in greeting or leave-taking.
1805Wordsw. Waggoner iii. 45 What tears of rapture, what vow-making, Profound entreaties, and hand-shaking! 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 50 That pleasant confusion of laughing interjections, and hand-shakings, and ‘How are you's’. 1883Black Shandon Bells xxx, There was much hand-shaking on the steps of the Abercorn Club. 1964Rose & Ziman Camford Observed vii. 129 Handshaking: at Oxford the Master of a College interviews every undergraduate at the end of each term and hears a report on his progress by his Tutor. 1965Listener 16 Sept. 425/2 A hand-shaking tour of the Soviet Union.
Add:b. Computing. The action or process of exchanging a handshake (sense *c).
1966in C. J. Sippl Computer Dict. & Handbk. 1977Proc. AFIPS Conf. XLVI. 30/1 Many of the disadvantages associated with password systems are minimized or cease to exist altogether if authentication is accomplished via the successful execution of an algorithm. Such procedures are often referred to as ‘handshaking’ or ‘extended handshakes’. 1985Daily Tel. 22 July 11/8 All the tedious ‘handshaking’ and signing on procedures are conducted automatically. 1990New Scientist 13 Jan. 71/3 When a fax call connects, the two machines at opposite ends of the line go through a routine called ‘handshaking’. They warble to each other by way of introduction. |