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+ | ====== Internet Service Provider (ISP) ====== | ||
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+ | An //ISP// is either an institution or a paid-for service provider that literally gives its clients access to the Internet. An ISP will typically buy a block of IP addresses from an higher level ISP (e.g. for UK academia that is JANET which runs the //ac.uk// domain) which it can allocate to its customers and name as it wishes. ISPs are usually associated with a [[domain name]], e.g. // | ||
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+ | In modern systems, ISPs allocated their supply of IP addresses to hosts on-demand using a protocol known as [[DHCP]]. | ||
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+ | [[Glossary]] : [[glossary# | ||
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