reliable communication
<communications> Communication where messages are guaranteed
to reach their destination complete and uncorrupted and in the
order they were sent. This reliability can be built on top of
an unreliable {protocol} by adding sequencing information and
some kind of {checksum} or {cyclic redundancy check} to each
message or {packet}. If the communication fails, the sender
will be notified. {Transmission Control Protocol} is a
reliable protocol used on {Ethernet}.
(2004-09-14)