In TCP, something called the 'push flag' can be set to cause accumulated
data in the monitor (which may be one or more packets) to be sent over
the network. It is often abbreviated as "PSH".
The Tops-20 FTP client and server both set PSH on the last packet of
data from a file to send it on its way. This is done with a SOUTR% JSYS,
which stands for *S*tring *OUT* *R*ecord. This is an overloading of the
hardware record concept which is more commonly associated with
nine-track magnetic tape.
PSH can also be detected on input by doing a SINR%, which stops the
network read early, instead of waiting for a full buffer of data (which
might, in fact, never come).
I believe DECnet transport implements the same semantics, but I would
like to double check that. Where would I go in which part of what
specification? Or does anybody know?