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dummy message

[¦dəm·ē ′mes·ij]
(communications)
A message sent for some purpose other than its content, which may consist of dummy groups or may have a meaningless text.
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At this point, it is clear that the infinitely-many users protocol can be simulated by finitely-many users provided that the users send "dummy messages" as explained previously.
Also, it sends only dummy messages in the synchronizing state.
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