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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.

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