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de facto standard
Last modified: Thursday, April 17, 1997
A
format
,
language
, or
protocol
that has become a
standard
not because it has been approved by a standards organization but because it is widely used and recognized by the industry as being standard. Some examples of de facto standards include:
Hayes
command set for controlling
modems
Kermit
Communications Protocol
Xmodem
Communications Protocol
Hewlett-Packard
Printer Control Language
(PCL) for
laser printers
.
PostScript
page description language
for laser printers
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