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SLIP
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(Serial Line IP) A communications protocol for dial-up access to TCP/IP networks. It was commonly used to gain access to the Internet as well as to provide dial-up access between LANs. SLIP transmits IP packets over any serial link (dial up or private lines). SLIP has been mostly superseded by the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). See CSLIP and PPP.

1.SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol.
2.SLIP - Symmetric LIst Processsor. Early 1960's list processing subroutine package for Fortran by J. Weizenbaum. Later also embedded in MAD and ALGOL. ["Symmetric List Processor", J. Weizenbaum CACM 6:524-544(1963). Sammet 1969, p.387].
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Martin's awkward predicaments, embarrassing faux pas, and earnest (though sometimes bungled) attempts at righting his wrongs are realistically portrayed and handled with a deft and light touch.
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Now I'm grateful for my cultural faux pas with Isabela and for her setting me straight.
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Or whether Paris' mother will teach these money-hungry hicks that ostentation is a sign of poor breeding and that flaunting wealth, especially the inherited/married variety, is the worst kind of faux pas.
How Paris turned trash into class by Parker, Kathleen / Los Angeles Business Journal
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