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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Simple Question
Message-ID: <3771.27b08719@hayes.uucp>
Date: 6 Feb 91 22:45:45 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.173340.12430@draco.macsch.com>
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In article <1991Feb5.173340.12430@draco.macsch.com>,
swv@convex.is.macsch.com (Scott Vossler) writes: 

> Just a simple question :
> 
> 	What does 'bis' mean in the V.22bis, V.32bis and V.42bis ?
> 

The headquarters of the CCITT is in Geneva, Switzerland, which is a 
French-speaking area.  "bis" is a French term which in some 
dictionaries is loosely defined as "encore" (it is, for example, the 
word shouted at concerts when you want to band to play another 
tune).  In the CCITT context, it means "the second in a family of 
related Recommendations."  "ter" means the third, etc.  V.22bis is 
very similar to V.22, but adds more bits per symbol to acheive 
higher data rates; likewise with V.32 and V.32bis.  V.42bis is a 
data compression scheme designed to be an extension of V.42.

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