Internet Group Management Protocol

Primary protocol for establishing multicast group memberships on IPv4 networks. ICMPv6 is used for IPv6 networks.
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Internet Group Management Protocol

Summary

Internet Group Management Protocol is a computer network protocol[1]. It draws 262 Wikipedia views per month (computer_network_protocol category, ranking #61 of 317).[2]

Key Facts

  • Internet Group Management Protocol's instance of is recorded as computer network protocol[3].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's GND ID is recorded as 4585813-5[4].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's part of is recorded as Internet protocol suite[5].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jc1z[6].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2[7].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2933: Internet Group Management Protocol MIB[8].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3[9].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting[10].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3228: IANA Considerations for IPv4 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)[11].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/igmp[12].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's OSI Model layer location is recorded as network layer[13].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 49375483[14].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's KBpedia ID is recorded as InternetGroupManagementProtocol[15].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C49375483[16].
  • Internet Group Management Protocol's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Internet+Group+Management+Protocol[17].

Body

Publication

Internet Group Management Protocol's part of is recorded as Internet protocol suite[5].

Why It Matters

Internet Group Management Protocol draws 262 Wikipedia views per month (computer_network_protocol category, ranking #61 of 317).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Protocol Numbers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Protocol Numbers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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