Definition:Data conferencing allows participants in a live session to transfer data and to share applications.
Information between the users’ applications is transmitted over the network, live and in real-time. Data conferencing is one component of teleconferencing; the others are audio conferencing, and video conferencing. For a teleconferencing system that is ITU-T H.323 [1] compliant, the ITU-T T.120 set of standards [2] are recommended for data conferencing and application sharing, providing real-time communication between two or more entities in a conference. Applications specified as part of the T.120 family include application sharing, electronic whiteboarding, file exchange, and chat. Data conferencing is typically an optional capability in multimedia conferences. The shared data is usually transmitted between the users across the network using a reliable network protocol, such as the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol).
See: Teleconferencing
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International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Sector H.323 Recommendation — Packet-based multimedia communications systems, July 2003.
International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Sector T.120 Recommendation — Data protocols for multimedia conferencing, July 1996.
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(2006). Data Conferencing. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30038-4_44
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