Whalesong

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  whalesong
       
          The peculiar clicking and whooshing sounds made by a {PEP}
          {modem} such as the {Telebit} {Trailblazer} as it tries to
          synchronise with another PEP modem for their special
          high-speed mode.  This sound isn't anything like the normal


          two-tone handshake between conventional modems and is
          instantly recognizable to anyone who has heard it more than
          once.  It sounds, in fact, very much like whale songs.  This
          noise is also called "the moose call" or "moose tones".