A technology that translates between private and global IP addresses.
Network Address Translation. A technology that translates between private and global IP addresses. Letting multiple devices share a single global IP address conserves IPv4 addresses, and as a side effect it also hides internal network structure from the outside, acting as a mild security boundary. NAPT (IP masquerading), which also translates port numbers, is the form most commonly used in home routers.
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