Transmission block

In telecommunication, the term transmission block has the following meanings:

A group of bits or characters transmitted as a unit and usually containing an encoding procedure for error control purposes.
In data transmission, a group of records sent, processed, or recorded as a unit.

A transmission block is usually terminated by an End Of Block character (EOB), End Transmission Block character (ETB), End Of Text character (ETX), or End Of Transmission character (EOT).

See also

Packet (information technology)

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document "Federal Standard 1037C".

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