Stop Signal

In telecommunication, a stop signal is a signal that marks the end of part of a transmission, for example:

  1. In asynchronous serial communication, a signal at the end of a character that prepares the receiving device for the reception of a subsequent character. A stop signal is usually limited to one signal element having any duration equal to or greater than a specified minimum value.
  2. A signal to a receiving mechanism to wait for the next signal.

Famous quotes containing the words stop and/or signal:

    “A different world can be created or re-created—but not until we stop enshrining the economic values of invisible labor, infinite and obsessive growth, and a slow environmental suicide.”
    —Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)

    “A signal is comprehended if it serves to make us notice the object or situation it bespeaks. A symbol is understood when we conceive the idea it presents.”
    —Susanne K. Langer (1895–1995)