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  • IP address management (IPAM)

    Internet Protocol address management (IPAM) is a method of tracking and modifying the information associated with a network's Internet Protocol address (IP address) space. With IPAM, administrators can ensure that the inventory of assignable IP addre...  Definition

  • addressability

    Addressability is the capacity for an entity to be targeted and found. To be addressable, an entity must be uniquely identifiable, which means that it must be associated with something -- typically an alphanumeric string, although there are other pos...  Definition

  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

    The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an Internet protocol that provides a way for an Internet computer to report its multicast group membership to adjacent routers.  Definition

  • Port Address Translation (PAT)

    Port Address Translation (PAT), is an extension to network address translation (NAT) that permits multiple devices on a local area network (LAN) to be mapped to a single public IP address. The goal of PAT is to conserve IP addresses.  Definition

  • ping

    Ping is a basic Internet program that allows a user to verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests. The verb "ping" means the act of using the ping utility or command.  Definition

  • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

    TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet  Definition

  • route aggregation

    Route aggregation is an alternate term for route summarization, which is a method used to minimize the number of routing tables required in an IP network.  Definition

  • route summarization (route aggregation)

    Route summarization, also called route aggregation, is a method of minimizing the number of routing tables in an IP (Internet Protocol) network. It works by consolidating selected multiple routes into a single route advertisement, in contrast to flat...  Definition

  • flooding

    In a network, flooding is the forwarding by a router of a packet from any node to every other node attached to the router except the node from which the packet arrived.  Definition

  • automatic repeat request (ARQ)

    Automatic repeat request (ARQ) is a protocol for error control in data transmission.  Definition

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