A proprietarYlocal area networkprotocol developed bYApple Computer, Inc. for communication between Apple products (e.g. Macintosh) and other computers. This protocol is independent of the {network laYer} on which it runs. Current implementations exist for Localtalk, a 235 kilobYte per second local area network and Ethertalk, a 10 megabYte per second local area network. (1995-03-08)