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{{wiktionary|back channel}}
'''Back Channel''' in a ] system typically is a low-speed or less-than-optimal transmission channel opposite to the main channel's direction. The system is ] in that the communication is not the same speed or capacity in both directions - the back-channel being the subservient or lower speed/capacity direction.
A ''']''' is a real-time online conversation using networked computers that takes place alongside live spoken remarks.


'''Backchannel''' may also refer to:
In many cases the back-channel is used mostly for ]s of the validity of the forward-channel's data (i.e. that the forward-channel's data passes validity tests of some sort.)
* ], a canal in California


* ], a low-speed, or less-than-optimal, telecommunications transmission channel in the opposite direction to the main channel
=== Examples ===
* Backchanneling, the method a malicious ] program uses to secretly communicate to command and control servers from a compromised computer
] where the "A" stands for "asymmetric" and the channel from the subsciber to the supplier is slower/less capacity than the channel from the supplier (]) to the subscriber - the channel from the subscriber to the supplier is the '''back-channel'''.
* Backchannel diplomacy or ], an unofficial channel of communication between states or other political entities
* ], listener responses that can be both verbal and non-verbal in nature
* Backchanneling, an organizational practice in business that involves bypassing recognized or official ] in order to create vulnerability{{Clarify|date=May 2013}} at the level(s) skipped
* ], a technology publication on the blog-publishing platform Medium
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Latest revision as of 03:24, 4 January 2025

A backchannel is a real-time online conversation using networked computers that takes place alongside live spoken remarks.

Backchannel may also refer to:

  • Return channel, a low-speed, or less-than-optimal, telecommunications transmission channel in the opposite direction to the main channel
  • Backchanneling, the method a malicious malware program uses to secretly communicate to command and control servers from a compromised computer
  • Backchannel diplomacy or Track II diplomacy, an unofficial channel of communication between states or other political entities
  • Backchannel (linguistics), listener responses that can be both verbal and non-verbal in nature
  • Backchanneling, an organizational practice in business that involves bypassing recognized or official chains of command in order to create vulnerability at the level(s) skipped
  • Backchannel (blog), a technology publication on the blog-publishing platform Medium
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