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In the reception of framed data, a frame slip is the loss of synchronization between a received frame and the receiver clock, causing a frame misalignment event, and resulting in the loss of the data contained in the received frame.
Note: A frame slip should not be confused with a dropped frame where synchronization is not lost, as in the case of buffer overflow, for example.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and MIL-STD-188.
