The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a PC networking protocol mainly used by devices (DHCP clients) to get configuration details for process in an Internet Protocol network. This protocol decreases the system administration workload, by enabling the networks to include devices with little or else no manual interference.

RFC 1531 firstly definite DHCP as a standard-track protocol in October 1993, following the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP). The subsequently update, RFC 2131 which was being introduced in year 1997 is the present DHCP description for Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) networks. The extensions of DHCP for IPv6 (DHCPv6) were available as RFC 3315.