ARP

E5620

communication protocol network protocol

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Address Resolution Protocol	7
ARP canonical	4
Proxy ARP	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T53946 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ARP
Context triple: [TCP/IP, includesProtocol, ARP]

A. ARC
ARC is the commonly used acronym for the Augmentation Research Center, a pioneering research group known for its early work on interactive computing and human–computer interaction.
B. ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
C. DOT
DOT is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of Transportation, the federal agency responsible for national transportation policy and infrastructure.
D. ARPANET
ARPANET was the pioneering packet-switching network developed in the late 1960s that became the technical foundation of the modern Internet.
E. AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ARP
Target entity description: ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used to map IP addresses to their corresponding MAC (hardware) addresses within a local network.

A. ARC
ARC is the commonly used acronym for the Augmentation Research Center, a pioneering research group known for its early work on interactive computing and human–computer interaction.
B. ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
C. DOT
DOT is the commonly used acronym for the United States Department of Transportation, the federal agency responsible for national transportation policy and infrastructure.
D. ARPANET
ARPANET was the pioneering packet-switching network developed in the late 1960s that became the technical foundation of the modern Internet.
E. AP-S
AP-S is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, a leading professional organization focused on the theory, design, and application of antennas and the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communication protocol ⓘ network protocol ⓘ
abbreviationOf	ARP self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Address Resolution Protocol
associates	IP address ⓘ MAC address ⓘ
cacheType	dynamic ARP entry ⓘ static ARP entry ⓘ
definedIn	RFC 826 ⓘ
encapsulatedIn	Ethernet frame ⓘ
field	hardware size ⓘ hardware type ⓘ opcode ⓘ protocol size ⓘ protocol type ⓘ sender hardware address ⓘ sender protocol address ⓘ target hardware address ⓘ target protocol address ⓘ
fullName	ARP self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Address Resolution Protocol
introducedYear	1982 ⓘ
layer	link layer ⓘ
maintains	ARP cache ⓘ
mapsFrom	IPv4 address ⓘ
mapsTo	hardware address ⓘ
messageType	ARP reply ⓘ ARP request ⓘ
notUsedIn	IPv6 ⓘ
opcodeValue	1 (request) ⓘ 2 (reply) ⓘ
operatesOn	broadcast domain ⓘ local area network ⓘ
relatedTo	ARP self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proxy ARP Reverse ARP ⓘ
replacedByInIPv6	Neighbor Discovery Protocol ⓘ
standardizedBy	Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ surface form: IETF
status	Internet Standard ⓘ
usedBy	hosts ⓘ routers ⓘ switches ⓘ
usedFor	IP to MAC address mapping ⓘ address resolution ⓘ
usedIn	IPv4 ⓘ
usesMechanism	broadcast request ⓘ unicast reply ⓘ
vulnerableTo	ARP poisoning ⓘ ARP spoofing ⓘ
worksWith	IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard ⓘ surface form: Ethernet Wi-Fi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited