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beaconing

beaconing

7.2
To send regular signals from a device to show it is on a network
  • noun
  • /ˈbiːkənɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : señalización
  • The server is always beaconing to let users know it's online.

So actually that access point sends that beacon packet out several times a second.

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Examples

  • In our system, devices are beaconing signals every minute to ensure availability.

  • Each device is beaconing information to the network about its current status.

  • So actually that access point sends that beacon packet out several times a second.

    Computerphile

  • So the parent actually uses periodic beacons to keep the its children synchronized.

Antonyms

absence
216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

disconnection
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

Surface Forms

beaconing singular
beaconings plural

Morphology

beaconing = beacon (semi-transparent) = beacon + ing

The form is still clearly based on 'beacon', but the networking sense is a specialized extension that is not fully predictable from the base alone.

Etymology

The word beaconing comes from the old word beacon meaning 'signal', like a lighthouse sending regular flashes to show its place. So in computers and networks beaconing is the regular sending of small signals to say 'I am here' and show a device is still connected.