DHCP

English

Proper noun

DHCP

(Internet) Initialism of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. (A protocol that computers use to decide on one IP address to use when using dynamic IP addressing, usually drawn from a limited pool of between 4 and 65,000 possible addresses.)

References

Joyce, John. "Those Damn Network Acronyms". Scientific Computing, June 2007, pg. 12.

Anagrams

DCHP, DPCH, HDCP

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