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ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. ARP is a protocol that
resides at the TCP/IP Internet layer that delivers data
on the same network by translating an IP address to a
physical address.
AVI
Audio Video Interleave, it is a Windows platform audio
and video file type, a common format for small movies
and videos.
B
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol is an Internet protocol that can
automatically configure a network device in a diskless
workstation to give its own IP address.
C
Communication
Communication has four components: sender, receiver,
message, and medium. In networks, devices and
application tasks and processes communicate messages
to each other over media. They represent the sender and
receivers. The data they send is the message. The
cabling or transmission method they use is the medium.
Connection
In networking, two devices establish a connection to
communicate with each other.
D
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was developed
by Microsoft a protocol for assigning dynamic IP
