Session Initiation Protocol

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Session Initiation Protocol

   <protocol> (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer
   control {protocol}.  It creates, modifies, and terminates
   {sessions} with one or more participants.  Such sessions
   include {Internet telephony} and {multimedia} conferences.

   It is described in {RFC 2543}.

   (2000-05-31)