appletalk

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

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 {network
   layer} 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)