internetwork packet exchange

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internetwork packet exchange - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Internetwork Packet eXchange
  IPX
  
     <networking> (IPX) A network layer protocol initially
     developed at XEROX Corporation and made popular by Novell, Inc.
      as the basic protocol in its Novell NetWare file server
      operating system.
  
     A router with IPX routing can interconnect Local Area Networks
      so that Netware clients and servers can
     communicate.
  
     The SPX transport layer protocol runs on top of IPX.
  
     (1997-03-04)