Zone Information Protocol

Zone Information Protocol (ZIP) is a term used in computer science.

The Zone Information Protocol, or shortly ZIP, is a protocol for grouping of network nodes in an AppleTalk network. Under the name binding protocol Zone Information Protocol is used to determine the node in a network, which belong to a particular zone.

A zone is a logical grouping of network nodes which need not coincide with the physical assignment to network segments.

It is defined in RFC 1742.

The protocol is a session layer.

The AppleTalk protocol stack

The AppleTalk protocols can be divided into several layers that form a protocol stack ( protocol stack ). The protocols can be classified as follows in the ISO - OSI reference model:

AppleTalk#Name Binding Protocol Apple Filing Protocol AppleTalk Echo Protocol Routing Table Maintenance Protocol Datagram Delivery Protocol LocalTalk
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