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> Shank wants to know how to use "handshake".
>
> Unless you are writing for a high-tech audience, don't use the term
> "handshake." Rather, write something like "The server authenticates and then
> authorizes the connection." Furthermore, unless your audience needs to know
> that the connection to the server is more than just a simple connection, but
> that it also requires some kind of authorization or agreement about
> protocols, then it is enough to say, simply, "x establsihes a connection
> with the server."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Lyndsey Amott
> www.docsymmetry.com
> Winnipeg, MB R3G 2J3
Hi, Lyndsey
I'd agree with your advice except that Shank's message included an error
message that mentions "Handshake". My guess is that he has to document
that error message, so he'll have to tell users what handshaking is at
some point.
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