Address resolution


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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