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Data Link Provider Interface

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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.

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(1996-01-29)

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