Not to be confused with SLIP programming language.

The Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is a mostly obsolete encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over serial ports and modem connections. It is documented in RFC 1055. On PCs, SLIP has been largely replaced by the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), which is better engineered, has more features and does not require its IP address configuration to be set before it is established. On microcontrollers, however, SLIP is still the preferred way of encapsulating IP packets due to its very small overhead. The internet protocol suite is the set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet and most commercial networks run. ... The application layer is the seventh level of the seven-layer OSI model. ... The domain name system or domain name server (DNS) is a system that stores information associated with domain names in a distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ... 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SLIP modifies a standard Internet datagram by appending a special "SLIP END" character to it, which allows datagrams to be distinguished as separate. SLIP requires a port configuration of 8 data bits, no parity, and either EIA hardware flow control, or CLOCAL mode (3-wire null-modem) port opperation. A packet is the fundamental unit of information carriage in all modern computer networks. ... In communications or computer systems, a configuration is an arrangement of functional units according to their nature, number, and chief characteristics. ... Data is the plural of datum. ... This article is about the unit of information. ... Look up Parity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Parity is a concept of equality of status or functional equivalence. ... The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA, until 1997 Electronic Industries Association) is a trade organization for electronics manufacturers in the United States. ... Hardware is the general term that is used to describe physical artifacts of a technology. ... The flow control mechanism is used for controlling the flow of data in a network under well-defined conditions, while congestion control is used for controlling the flow of data when congestion has actually occurred . ... A null modem adapter Null modem is a communication method to connect two DTEs (computer, terminal, printer etc. ...

SLIP does not provide error detection, being reliant on other higher-layer protocols for this. Which makes it useful for testing real-time OS capabilities under load (by looking at flood-ping statistics). Therefore too however: over a particularly error-prone dial-up connection SLIP on its own is not satisfactory. In computer science and information theory, error correction consists of using methods to detect and/or correct errors in the transmission or storage of data by the use of some amount of redundant data and (in the case of transmission) the selective retransmission of incorrect segments of the data. ... The Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI Model or OSI Reference Model for short) is a layered abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design, developed as part of the Open Systems Interconnection initiative. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Ping (disambiguation). ... In telecommunication, the term dial-up has the following meanings: Dial-up access, typically to the Internet A service feature in which a user initiates service on a previously arranged trunk or transfers, without human intervention, from an active trunk to a standby trunk. ...

A version of SLIP with header compression is called CSLIP (Compressed SLIP). Header may be used in a number of different contexts: Header in automotive engineering refers to an exhaust manifold. ... In computer science and information theory, data compression or source coding is the process of encoding information using fewer bits (or other information-bearing units) than an unencoded representation would use through use of specific encoding schemes. ... Compressed SLIP (CSLIP, otherwise known as VanJacobsen TCP header compression) is a version of SLIP using header compression. ...

The Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) is very similar to SLIP, but works at higher speeds via a parallel port. In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (sometimes written bitrate) is the frequency at which bits are passing a given (physical or metaphorical) point. It is quantified using the bit per second (bit/s) unit. ... In computing, a parallel port is an interface from a computer system where data are transferred in or out in parallel, that is, on more than one wire. ...

For most uses both SLIP and PLIP have been replaced by increasingly-common Ethernet protocol based networking support and cross-cable setups – or other point-to-point connections such as USB laplink cables, used to transfer files to a second computer where a network is not necessary or available. Ethernet is large and diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks (LANs). ... In computing, a protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between two computing endpoints. ... A computer network is a system for communication between computers. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Point-to-Point telecommunications is most recently (2003) referenced regarding wireless data communications for Internet or Voice over IP via radio frequencies in the multi-gigahertz range. ... Note: USB may also mean upper sideband in radio. ... Laplink Gold is software used for data transfer and remote control between 2 or more computers. ...

External links

• RFC 1055
• Debian GNU/Linux: TCP/IP over null-modem by Stefan Ott
• TLDP: PLIP-Install-HOWTO