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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Hayes-compatible Kermit PCL PostScript standard Xmodem

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