hppi

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hppi - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  High Performance Parallel Interface
  HIPPI
  HPPI
  
     <hardware, standard> (HIPPI, previously HPPI) A
     connection-oriented, point-to-point networking standard
     using circuit-switching technology at a speed of 800 Mbits/s
     or 1.6 Gbits/s (simplex or full-duplex).  HIPPI is often used
     for short distances (up to 10km depending on cable type) to
     connect a supercomputer to routers, frame buffers,
     mass-storage peripherals and other computers.
  
     HIPPI was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory and is
     now ANSI standard X3T9/88-127.  Standards for
     interconnecting with ATM, SONet, and fibre channel are
     in development.
  
     HIPPI Networking Forum (http://esscom.com/hnf).
  
     (1997-06-29)