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PROTOCOL-CONTROL INFORMATION [1 record]

Record 1 2023-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

Data exchanged between entities of a given layer, via the service provided by the next lower layer, to coordinate their joint operation.

OBS

protocol control information; PCI: designations and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission; designations standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

Key term(s)
  • protocol-control information

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
DEF

Données échangées entre entités d'une couche déterminée, via le service fourni par la couche immédiatement inférieure, pour coordonner leur travail commun.

OBS

PCI : L'abréviation «PCI» provient de l'anglais «protocol control information».

OBS

informations de contrôle du protocole; PCI : désignations et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

OBS

informations de commande du protocole; PCI : désignations normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
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