Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

The Address Resolution Protocol, known as ARP, is used to translate a machine address to a network address, and the other way around. It is used on LAN networks, by storing a ARP table, which maps each host's MAC address, it's physical address, to it's IP address - generally a temporarily assigned address.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a definition, listed in the computing category. This entry was last updated on 18 October 2008, at 18:06.

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