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Glossary
For more detail of the glossary below, refer to the technical book that is commercially available.
Term
Description
DHCP
Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol. This protocol
automatically assigns IP Address to networked devices.
IP Address
Numerical address to identify networked computers.
Subnet Mask
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.
Default Gateway
A server (or router) to communicate across networks (subnets) that
are divided by Subnet Mask.
MAC Address
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.
