IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
Description

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) is an extension to the Systems Network Architecture (SNA).

It includes features such as these:

distributed network control
dynamic exchange of network topology information to foster ease of connection, reconfiguration, and route selection
dynamic definition of network resources
automated resource registration and directory lookup.

Year First Manufactured
1981

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