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BLAST (protocol)
BLAST (blocked asynchronous transmission) was one of a small group of communications protocols -- along with XMODEM and its variants, and Kermit -- which became de facto standards for reliable file transfer during the 1980's, and which were chiefly characterized by their use of the asynchronous communication ports and dial-up modems with which the minicomputers and personal computers of the era were typically equipped