RARP
Proper noun
Meaning
RARP
(Internet) Initialism of Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
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However, in InARP the requesting station queries the Layer 3 address of another node, whereas RARP is used to obtain the Layer 3 address of the requesting station itself for address configuration purposes.
The Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (Reverse ARP or RARP), like InARP, translates Layer 2 addresses to Layer 3 addresses.
History In 1984, the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol ( RARP ), defined in RFC 903, was introduced to allow simple devices such as diskless workstations to dynamically obtain a suitable IP address.