SLIDING-WINDOW
\slˈa͡ɪdɪŋwˈɪndə͡ʊ], \slˈaɪdɪŋwˈɪndəʊ], \s_l_ˈaɪ_d_ɪ_ŋ_w_ˈɪ_n_d_əʊ]\
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A method of flow control in which a receivergives a transmitter permission to transmit data until awindow is full. When the window is full, the transmittermust stop transmitting until the receiver advertises a largerwindow.TCP, other transport protocols, and several link-layerprotocols use this method of flow control.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).