Procedures and standards for inter-computer communications
Abhay K. Bhushan, Robert H. Stotz · 1968
In recent years there has been considerable discussion on computer communication networks, information service systems and the computer utility. Sophisticated displays maintained by small processors connected to remote multi-access computers are also being developed. Such applications involving interaction and exchange of information between computers are increasing in number and pointing to the widening need for reliable computer-to-computer communications. In order to allow communication between many arbitrary computers, a uniform agreed-upon manner for exchanging information is needed. This requires the establishment of a standard message format (i.e., character code structure and message syntax) and common communications protocol procedures (i.e., the agreed-upon manner of exchanging messages).