Editing IPX/SPX (section)

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{{Infobox networking protocol
|       title = IPX/SPX
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|    is stack = yes
|     purpose = [[LAN]]
|   developer = [[Novell]]
|        date = {{Start date and age|  1983  |  |  }}<!--Fill in: Year (4 digits), month and day (2 digits)-->
|    based on = [[Xerox Network Systems|XNS]] 
|  influenced = 
|    osilayer = 3 and 4
|       ports = 
|        rfcs = 
|    hardware = [[Ethernet]], others
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'''IPX/SPX''' stands for '''Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange'''. [[Internetwork Packet Exchange|IPX]] and [[Sequenced Packet Exchange|SPX]] are [[networking protocol]]s used initially on networks using the (since discontinued) [[Novell]] [[NetWare]] [[operating systems]]. They also became widely used on networks deploying Microsoft Windows LANs, as they replaced NetWare LANs, but are no longer widely used. IPX/SPX was also widely used prior to and up to [[Windows&nbsp;XP]], which supported the protocols, while later Windows versions do not,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2013 |title=How to play IPX / SPX games over LAN (WinXP) |url=https://oldpcgaming.net/how-to-play-ipx-spx-games-over-lan/ |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302042003/https://oldpcgaming.net/how-to-play-ipx-spx-games-over-lan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[TCP/IP]] took over for networking.