handoff

This occurs when information on positions, velocities and tracks are given by one sensor or system to another and the first sensor or system continues to track the objects.

A process by which an administrator can manually move a clustered mailbox server between nodes in a cluster. A handoff should only be performed by using the Move-ClusteredMailboxServer cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell. [Exchange 2007]

In cellular mobile systems, the process of transferring a phone call in progress from one cell transmitter and receiver and frequency pair to another cell transmitter and receiver using a different frequency pair without interruption of the call. Synonym handover. 2. In satellite communications, the process of transferring ground-station control responsibility from one ground station to another without loss or interruption of service.