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Network - Protocol Stack

In networking, a protocol stack is a collection of related protocols used in a particular network. Together, the protocols in a protocol stack cover enough or all of the layers in the communications model being used. Widely used protocol stacks include the following: n AppleTalk stack, used in Macintoshbased networks n IPX/SPX stack, used in Novell NetWare networks n TCP/IP stack, used in UNIX environments, such as the Internet Protocol stacks are sometimes, loosely, known as a protocol suite. Strictly speaking, however, a protocol stack is a particular implementation of a protocol suite.