DECnet
DECnet
from Digital Equipment Corporation is a suite of protocols which may be used on
large networks that integrate mainframe and minicomputer systems. It is a
routable protocol. DNA - Digital Network Architecture.
Data
Link Control (DLC)
This
protocol operates at the data link layer and is designed for communications
between Hewlett-Packard network printers and IBM mainframe computers. This
protocol is not routable.
Open
Systems Interconnect (OSI)
A suite of protocols developed by the International Standards
Organization (ISO) which corresponds with the layers of the OSI model. These
protocols provide a number of application protocols for various functions. The
OSI protocol stack may be used to connect large systems. OSI is a routable
transport protocol.
