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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
ipx
Definition:
Acronym for Internetwork Packet Exchange. The protocol in
Novell NetWare that governs addressing and routing of
packets within and between LANs. IPX packets can be
encapsulated in Ethernet packets or Token Ring frames. IPX
operates at ISO/OSI levels 3 and 4 but does not perform all
the functions at those levels. In particular, IPX does not
guarantee that a message will be complete (no lost
packets); SPX has that job. See also Ethernet, packet,
Token Ring network. Compare SPX (definition 1).
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