autoconfiguration
Noun
Meaning
autoconfiguration (uncountable)
(computing) Automatic configuration.
Examples
It simplifies aspects of address assignment ( stateless address autoconfiguration ), network renumbering, and router announcements when changing network connectivity providers.
When the link-local IPv4 address block was reserved, no standards existed for mechanisms of address autoconfiguration.
Stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) requires a /64 address block, as defined in RFC 4291.
These addresses are primarily used for address autoconfiguration ( Zeroconf ) when a host cannot obtain an IP address from a DHCP server or other internal configuration methods.
When the address block was reserved, no standards existed for address autoconfiguration.