Glossary

.NET Framework

The programming model of the .NET platform for building, deploying, and running Extensible Markup Language (XML) web services and applications.

6to4

An IPv6 transition technology that is used to provide unicast IPv6 connectivity between IPv6 sites and hosts across the IPv4 Internet. 6to4 uses a public IPv4 address to construct a global IPv6 address prefix.

6to4 address

An address of the type 2002:WWXX:YYZZ:[Subnet ID]:[Interface ID], where WWXX:YYZZ is the colon hexadecimal representation of w.x.y.z (a public IPv4 address), which is used to represent a node for the 6to4 transition technology.

6to4 host

An IPv6 host that is configured with at least one 6to4 address (a global address with the 2002::/16 prefix). 6to4 hosts do not ...

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