Glossary
For more detail of the glossary below, refer to the technical book that is commercially available.
Term
DHCP
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
MAC Address
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Description
Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol. This protocol
automatically assigns IP Address to networked devices.
Numerical address to identify networked computers.
A numeric value to defi ne the number of bits used for a network
address of a divided network (or subnet) in an IP Address.
A server (or router) to communicate across networks (subnets) that
are divided by Subnet Mask.
Abbreviation for Media Access Control Address. MAC Address is a
unique ID number assigned to each network adapter. And this is
based on which data are sent and received between network adapt-
ers.