Glossary
- A (Address) Resource Record
Resource record used in the Domain Name System (DNS) zone file to map IPv4 addresses to hostnames, like the entries in the /etc/inet/hosts file.
- AAAA (Address) Resource Record
Resource record used in the Domain Name System (DNS) zone file to map IPv6 addresses to hostnames—similar in functionality to the local /etc/inet/ipnodes file.
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
A protocol in the TCP/IP model that operates between the network interface and Internet layers. It is used to map a 32-bit IP address to a 48-bit Ethernet or MAC address.
- anycast address
An IPv6 address type, similar to a multicast address, where a message is sent to a specific group of hosts on a network. A message sent to an anycast address is ...
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