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Dhcp vs Gateway - What's the difference?

dhcp | gateway |

dhcp

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • 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.

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    gateway

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
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  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway , […].}}
  • Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
  • A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  • (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
  • Derived terms

    * gateway drug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make available via a gateway, or access point.
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