Glossary

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IEEE
Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers. A professional organization and standards body.

IGMP Snooping
The ability of a switch to observe Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) traffic in order to learn IP Multicast group membership for the purpose of restricting multicast transmissions to only those ports which have requested them.

Internet
Worldwide collection of networks based on the use of TCP/IP network protocols.