metachannelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

meta- +‎ channel

名詞

metachannel (複数形 metachannels)

1. (computing) A transmission channel used for event notifications rather than actual data.
   • 2010, Oswald Campesato, ‎Kevin Nilson, Web 2.0 Fundamentals (page 572)

     Bayeux contains three types of channels: metachannels, service, and normal channels. Metachannels are created by the Bayeux server. Metachannels give information about events, such as handshake errors, connection, disconnection, and reconnection.

   • 2015, Jon C. Snader, VPNs Illustrated: Tunnels, VPNs, and IPsec (page 8-25)

     The cipher_ID and digest_ID are the OpenSSL cipher and digest types—Blowfish and SHA1 by default—that this node will use for the data channel and also to encrypt the metachannel.