Definition of "handshaking" []

• Present participle of handshake. (verb)
• A greeting by clasping hands. (noun)
• A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications. (noun)

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• "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."
• "Already, she says, image consultants are targeting job fairs, both as paid gigs offering lessons on etiquette such as handshaking and as fertile ground for finding new clients."
• "It must be some kind of handshaking issue caused by the TV."