Appletalk

networking, protocol A proprietary local area network

protocol developed by Apple Computer, Inc. for

communication between Apple products (e.g. Macintosh) and

other computers. This protocol is independent of the networklayer on which it runs. Current implementations exist for

Localtalk, a 235 kilobyte per second local area network and

Ethertalk, a 10 megabyte per second local area network.

(1995-03-08)