session initiation protocol

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session initiation protocol - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Session Initiation Protocol
  
     <protocol> (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer
     control protocol.  It creates, modifies, and terminates
     sessions with one or more participants.  Such sessions
     include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences.
  
     It is described in RFC 2543.
  
     (2000-05-31)