Point-to-Point Protocol
nounid
3610·updated May 9, 2026verified
A protocol for communication between two computers using a serial interface, typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server. It packages your computer's TCP/IP packets and forwards them to the server where they can actually be put on the Internet.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- PPP
- plural
- Point-to-Point Protocols
- possessive
- Point-to-Point Protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Point-to-Point Protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A protocol for communication between two computers using a serial interface, typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server. It packages your computer's TCP/IP packets and forwards them to the server where they can actually be put on the Internet.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A protocol for communication between two computers using a serial interface, typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server. It packages your computer's TCP/IP packets and forwards them to the server where they can actually be put on the Internet.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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