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7318 Model S20 Guide and Reference

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ICMP. See Internet Control Message Protocol.

Internet. The Internet (spelled with initial capitalization) is the Internet System.

Internet Control Message Protocol. ICMP is used by a router or destination host to communicate with a source host, for example, to report an error in datagram processing. ICMP uses the basic support of IP as if ICMP were a higher level protocol; however, ICMP is actually an integral part of IP and must be implemented by every IP module.

Internet address. Consists of a four octet (32 bit) source or destination address consisting of a Network portion and a host portion.

Internet Protocol (IP). The network level protocol used by UNIX internetworking.

internetwork. A super network made up of two or more networks able to communicate with each other through router. See router.

IP. See Internet Protocol.


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