< networking > (LU6.2) A type of logical unit that governs peer-to-peer SNA communications. LU6.2 supports general communication between programs in a distributed processing environment.
LU6.2 is characterised by a peer relationship between session partners , efficient use of a session for multiple transactions , comprehensive end-to-end error processing and a generic application program interface consisting of structured verbs that are mapped into a product inplementation.
LU6.2 is used by IBM 's TPF operating system .
[IBM Dictionary of Computing, McGraw-Hill 1993].
(1996-08-26)