host control interface

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

Host Control Interface

   <hardware, wireless communications> (HCI) A {network layer} in
   the {Bluetooth} {Core Protocol Stack}, lying between the
   {software} and the {hardware} stacks and serving as the
   {interface} through which the {software} controls two of
   {Bluetooth}s four core {protocols}.

   (2002-06-28)