The ** DHCP **, _DyNamic Host Configuration Protocol_ (Host Dynamic Configuration Protocol) is a [protocol] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/protocol "protocol") [TCP] (https : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tcp "tcp")/[IP] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ip "IP") that offers dynamic configuration of terminal, with [addresses concession IP] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/endere%C3%A7O_ip "IP Address") by subnet mask] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/m% C3%a1Scara_de_Dede "network mask"), default gateway ([gateway] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gateway "gateway"), IP number of one or more servers [DNS] (https: //pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System "Domain Name System"), DNS search suffixes and IP number of one or more WINS servers. This protocol is the successor of [Bootp] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bootp "bootp") which, although simpler, has become limited to current requirements. DHCP emerged as a standard in October 1993. [RFC 2131] (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2131) (1997) contains the most current specifications. The latest Standard for DHCP specification on [IPv6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ipv6 "ipv6") ([DHCPV6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCPV6 "DHCPV6 ")) was published as [RFC 3315] (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315) (2003). ** :: Reference :: ** [Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Wikipedia, Free Encyclopedia (Wikipedia.org)] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dynamic_host_configuration_protocol) ** :: Reference :: ** [[CS50's COURSE'S INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE - Class 8]]