Glossary of Telecom Terms : Z

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Zmodem
A file transfer protocol that includes crash recovery and auto-download features, and can use a 32 bit CRC, which makes it near error-free.

 

Z-end
The secondary or end-user end of a special access (non-switched) telephone connection.

 

 

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