Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
发放/取得 IP
English translation:
release/acquire IP
Added to glossary by
Serena Huang
Dec 19, 2007 02:54
16 yrs ago
Chinese term
发放/取得 IP
Chinese to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Systems, Networks
Hello,
How to say "发放 IP/取得 IP"?
Thanks in advance.
How to say "发放 IP/取得 IP"?
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | release/acquire IP | franksf |
4 +2 | assign/obtain IP | orientalhorizon |
Proposed translations
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release/acquire IP
release/acquire IP
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Note added at 16 mins (2007-12-19 03:10:53 GMT)
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depending on context --
(server) leases IP, client acquires IP, client releases dynamic IP, client renews dynamic IP
all refer to dhcp
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:37:54 GMT) Post-grading
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On DHCP context, a server running dhcpd (DHCP service or "daemon") leases out a range(s) of IPs (usually not a single IP) to several hosts, say a range of 10.0.1.200 - 10.0.1.239 (40 IPs) and a client gets one of them by running dhcp client software on the host. So, the "leases out / acquire" pair was my basic consideration.
In my humble opinion, "assign" is more applied in the static IP context. In fact, a static IP is usually "assigned" by a system administrator (for which I am a part timer), i.e., a biological human with flash and blood :))
"Obtaining" an IP also seems to entail human nature to a host computer, in my humble opinion. It is more natural to say: "Hong-hong obtained a (static) IP from her sys admin" than "Hong-hong's host PC obtained an IP from the dhcp server."
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:52:03 GMT) Post-grading
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I can't finish my reply in the space provided so I am completing it below:
Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all. Please recall that routing is only necessary when two or more networks are connected together, say the 192.168.10.x network and the 10.0.1.y network. Then a router with two interfaces is needed to connect the two networks as each interface of the router takes up an IP of each network, say, 192.168.10.254 and 10.0.1.254.
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Note added at 16 mins (2007-12-19 03:10:53 GMT)
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depending on context --
(server) leases IP, client acquires IP, client releases dynamic IP, client renews dynamic IP
all refer to dhcp
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:37:54 GMT) Post-grading
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On DHCP context, a server running dhcpd (DHCP service or "daemon") leases out a range(s) of IPs (usually not a single IP) to several hosts, say a range of 10.0.1.200 - 10.0.1.239 (40 IPs) and a client gets one of them by running dhcp client software on the host. So, the "leases out / acquire" pair was my basic consideration.
In my humble opinion, "assign" is more applied in the static IP context. In fact, a static IP is usually "assigned" by a system administrator (for which I am a part timer), i.e., a biological human with flash and blood :))
"Obtaining" an IP also seems to entail human nature to a host computer, in my humble opinion. It is more natural to say: "Hong-hong obtained a (static) IP from her sys admin" than "Hong-hong's host PC obtained an IP from the dhcp server."
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:52:03 GMT) Post-grading
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I can't finish my reply in the space provided so I am completing it below:
Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all. Please recall that routing is only necessary when two or more networks are connected together, say the 192.168.10.x network and the 10.0.1.y network. Then a router with two interfaces is needed to connect the two networks as each interface of the router takes up an IP of each network, say, 192.168.10.254 and 10.0.1.254.
Note from asker:
Thank you so much. |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Adsion Liu
: It seemed that your example sentence comes from interface of routing...but I am not sure about its correctness. I am preferabley for assign here instead of release, and obtain is possible but better with acquire...
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Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all.
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Comment: "Thank you very much."
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27 mins
assign/obtain IP
“发放IP”即为分配一IP地址;“取得IP”则正好与之相应,被分配了IP地址也就是取得了IP地址,这是从不同角度来说的。
Note from asker:
Thank you very much. To be honest, I am confused with this term. I once translated the term as "obtain IP", but a British friend of mine didn't understand what does "obtain" really mean in the term. |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
franksf
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Thank you very much!
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agree |
Adsion Liu
: I am for assign here instead of release, and obtain is possible but better with acquire...It's why I offer my agreement to your answser first...
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I get these from a glossary. Thanks a lot!//To tell you the truth, I don't see any real difference between acquire and obtain here, actually both are used in technical expressions, I just proposed one, not excluding the other.
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