data link provider interface

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

Data Link Provider Interface
DLPI

   <networking> (DLPI) The interface that a {network driver}
   presents to the (higher level) {logical link layer} for
   driving the network at the {datagram} level in a {Unix}
   {STREAMS} environment and possibly elsewhere.

   DLPI corresponds to {ISO 8802}/2 ({LLC}) which covers both
   {connection-oriented} and {connectionless} {protocols}.

   [Is this correct?  Better explanation?]

   (1996-01-29)