DLPI ⇝
Data Link Provider Interface
<networking >
(DLPI) The interface that a network driver presents to the (higher level) logical link layer for driving the network at the datagram level in a Unix STREAMS environment and possibly elsewhere. DLPI corresponds to ISO 8802/2 (LLC) which covers both connection-oriented and connectionless protocols. [Is this correct? Better explanation?]
Last updated: 1996年01月29日
Nearby terms:
data link level ♦ Data Link Provider Interface ♦ Data Link Switching
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