Multiple choice

The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing acknowledgements, so that they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame, is known as

  1. bit stuffing

  2. piggy backing

  3. broadcasting

  4. pipelining

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Piggybacking is a bi-directional data transmission technique in the network layer. It makes the most of the sent data frames from receiver to emitter, adding the confirmation that the data frame sent by the sender was received successfully (ACK). The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing acknowledgements, so that they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame, is known as piggy backing.

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