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stateful autoconfiguration

stateful autoconfiguration definition - telecom
An IPv6 address assignment approach in which the configuration servers dynamically assign unique addresses to devices as they require them, drawing from a pool of such addresses. This approach resembles Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) used in IPv4. See also DHCP, IPv4, IPv6 address, and stateless autoconfiguration.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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