internet group management protocol

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internet group management protocol - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Internet Group Management Protocol
  IGMP
  
     <protocol> (IGMP) An extension to the Internet Protocol,
     used by IP hosts to report their host group memberships to
     immediately-neighbouring multicast routers.
  
     See also MBONE.
  
     Version 1 of IGMP is defined in Appendix 1 of RFC 1112.
  
     Version 2 is proposed in RFC 2236.
  
     (1999-11-08)