Data Link Provider Interface
In the
STREAMS computer networking architecture, the Data Link Provider Interface is an interface that a network device driver implements. The interface abstracts away low level details of the hardware and networking protocols, and provides error free delivery of bits over a communications network.It corresponds to the
Data Link Layer of the 7 layer
OSI model.
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DLPI
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