What is PPP? How is it different from a SLIP or Shell account?
PPP is Point to Point Protocol. It is the Internet standard for computers to communicate with each other over the Internet (the language they speak). SLIP (or Serial Line Internet Protocol) was the old standard and a little slower than PPP. Shell access is the oldest of the Internet protocols and uses a command line interface and complicated UNIX system commands to navigate the Internet. Internet software and products being developed today are utilizing the information provided through a PPP connection more than any other connection type.
