metachannel
English
Etymology
meta- + channel
Noun
metachannel (plural metachannels)
- (computing) A transmission channel used for event notifications rather than actual data.
- 2010, Oswald Campesato, Kevin Nilson, Web 2.0 Fundamentals (page 572)
- Bayeux contains three types of channels: metachannels, service, and normal channels. Metachannels are created by the Bayeux server. Metachannels give information about events, such as handshake errors, connection, disconnection, and reconnection.
- 2015, Jon C. Snader, VPNs Illustrated: Tunnels, VPNs, and IPsec (page 8-25)
- The cipher_ID and digest_ID are the OpenSSL cipher and digest types—Blowfish and SHA1 by default—that this node will use for the data channel and also to encrypt the metachannel.
- 2010, Oswald Campesato, Kevin Nilson, Web 2.0 Fundamentals (page 572)