e/Syncword

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has gloss	eng: In computing a syncword is used to synchronize data. For example an audio receiver is receiving a bit stream of data. It needs to know where the header information starts. In computing a predefined syncword is used to indicate the start of data. An example of a syncword is 0x0B77 for an AC-3 encoded stream. The bisync protocol used a minimum of two ASCII "SYN" characters (0x16…0x16) to achieve character synchronization in an undifferentiated bit stream , then other special characters to synchronize to the beginning of a frame of characters.
lexicalization	eng: Sync word
lexicalization	eng: Sync-word
lexicalization	eng: syncword
instance of	c/Packets (information technology)