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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
Communica
tion
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
addresses
to devices on a network. With dynamic
addressing, a device can have a different IP address
every time it connects to the network. In some
systems, the device's IP address can even change
while it is still connected. DHCP also supports a mix
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