address resolution
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address resolution - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
address resolution
<networking> Conversion of an Internet address into the
corresponding physical address (Ethernet address). This is
usually done using Address Resolution Protocol.
The resolver is a library routine and a set of processes
which converts hostnames into Internet addresses, though
this process in not usually referred to as resolution. See
DNS.
(1996-04-09)
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