point to point protocol (PPP)
Definition
Serial 8-bit connection standard which has largely replaced serial line internet protocol (SLIP) as the most popular method of making dial-up connection to internet or other networks over ordinary telephone lines. PPP emulates (see emulation) other major protocols (such as TCP/IP), provides error detection and correction, online security, superior data negotiation and compression, and router-to-router and host-to-network connections, over both asynchronous and synchronous circuits.
point to point protocol (PPP) is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
point to point protocol (PPP) appears in the definition of the following term: serial line internet protocol (SLIP)
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