| High Performance Parallel Interface | Computing | High Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI, previously HPPI) A connection-oriented, point-to-point networking standard using circuit-switching technology at a speed of 800 Mbits/s or 1.6 Gbits/s (simplex or full-duplex). HIPPI is often used for short distances (up to 10km depending on cable type) to connect a supercomputer to routers, frame buffers, mass-storage peripherals and other computers. HIPPI was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory and is now ANSI standard X3T9/88-127. Standards for interconnecting with ATM, SONet, and fiber channel are in development. HIPPI Networking Forum (http://www.esscom.com/hnf). (1997-06-29). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. |
