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v. Present participle of handshake.

n. A greeting by clasping hands.

n. A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.

n. grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

"There would be a brief interval of electronic 'handshaking' and error correction; then the picture would return and ROV 3's pilot, four kilometers above, could resume progress."

acknowledgment    acknowledgement   

handshake    handspring   

insist    lifejacket    non-http    hand-clasp    key-agreement