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<glossterm>DHCP</glossterm>
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This enables a networking device in a network to
acquire its IP address and other networking details automatically, in order to avoid
having to configure all devices in a network with fixed IP addresses. <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
has a built-in DHCP server that delivers an IP addresses to a virtual machine when networking
is configured to NAT. See <xref href="networkingdetails.dita"/>.
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