Point-to-Point Protocol, a Rare card

In computer networking, Point-to-Point Protocol is a data link layer communication protocol between two routers directly without any host or any other networking in between.
From the Wikipedia article

Rarity: Rare
Domain: Science
ATK: 65
DEF: 37
Power: 102
Wikipedia reads a year: 230,000

Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.

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Point-to-Point Protocol quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the Point-to-Point Protocol card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

Find the missing word
It can provide loop detection, ______, transmission encryption, and data compression.
Answer
authentication. It can provide loop detection, authentication, transmission encryption, and data compression. From the Point-to-Point Protocol article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Numeral system. Numeral system 69 · Point-to-Point Protocol 65 · 5α-Dihydroethisterone 58 · MALSU1 52 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Point-to-Point Protocol. Point-to-Point Protocol 230,000 · Index of Tennessee-related articles 760 · 5α-Dihydroethisterone 560 · MALSU1 340 Wikipedia reads over a year.

In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.

The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

It can provide loop detection, authentication, transmission encryption, and data compression.
PPP is used over many types of physical networks, including serial cable, phone line, trunk line, cellular telephone, specialized radio links, ISDN, and fiber optic links such as SONET.
Since IP packets cannot be transmitted over a modem line on their own without some data link protocol that can identify where the transmitted frame starts and where it ends, Internet service providers have used PPP for customer dial-up access to the Internet.

Why it is Rare

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Point-to-Point Protocol article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.

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