RFC 1983:Internet Users' Glossary
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... IP, internet or Internet address; hardware or MAC address; and URL. See also: email address ...
... physical network hardware address that corresponds to the high level IP address for ...
... interoperability The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from multiple vendors to communicate meaningfully. ...
... layer governs direct host-to-host communication between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists of user applications. Each layer ...
... MAC address The hardware address of a device connected to a shared media. See also: Media Access Control, Ethernet ...
... function of ARP. RARP maps a hardware (MAC) address to an ...



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