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Definition: RARP


(Reverse ARP) A TCP/IP protocol used by a workstation without internal storage to obtain its IP address. Upon startup, the client station sends out a RARP request in an Ethernet frame to the RARP server, which returns the layer 3 address for a layer 2 address (performing the opposite function of an ARP). See BOOTP and ARP.