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DHCP
The protocol that hands a device an IP address automatically when it joins a network.
Rather than configuring an address by hand, a device broadcasts a request and a DHCP server grants it a 'lease' — a temporary IP address plus settings like the gateway and DNS servers. This is what happens silently every time your laptop connects to Wi-Fi. microZeus's network stack obtains a DHCP lease for automatic addressing.
See also
- DNSThe system that turns a human-readable name like example.com into the numeric address computers use.